Braun v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was adjudged guilty of the misdemeanor offense of false imprisonment by assault and violence, and his punishment was assessed by a jury at 365 days in jail.

Appellant’s notice of appeal recites merely that he “gives this his notice of appeal.”

Under authority of Blackman v. State, 20 S.W. 2d 783, and Casey v. State, 116 Tex. Cr. R. 111, 32 S.W. 2d 461, the notice is sufficient although the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was not named.

The later case of Allen v. State, 138 Tex. Cr. R. 523, 137 S.W. 2d 780, holding to the contrary is now expressly overruled.

Having given…