Rios v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for murder with the death penalty assessed.

The record does not contain the notice of appeal required by the statute. The judge’s private docket shows that notice of appeal was given, but it was not entered in the minutes, and under the decisions it is necessary that it be entered of record in the minutes of the court in order to attach the jurisdiction of this court. See Offield v. State, 61 Texas Crim. Rep., 585. In the above case the authorities are collated. The trial judge undertook, in vacation, as shown by this record, to amend the record by having…