Ealim v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

Appellants were convicted of burglary of a private residence at night with intent to commit theft. The punishment of each was assessed at five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The recognizance found in the record is not in compliance with Art. 817, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. Among other things, it does not contain a provision that appellants are to abide the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals. For this Court to acquire jurisdiction of an appeal from a felony conviction, the bond or recognizance upon which the appellant was enlarged must bind…