Legal Opinion

Wilkins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 22, 1936No. 17857PublishedCited by 7 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for robbery; punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

We are met at the threshold of the consideration of this case with the fact that the appeal bond is not signed by two sureties as required by law. The bond appears to be signed by one surety, and by another who signs by attorney in fact. This court held in Ex parte Albert Meadows, No. 17962, decided October 31, 1935 (129 Texas Crim. Rep., 297), that a surety to a bond in a case of this kind could not sign by an attorney in fact. The appeal bond being defective, this court has no jurisdiction.

The appeal will be…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte MeadowsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Newby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  2. Zidell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Mayfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  4. Opinion No., Texas Attorney General Reports2004
  5. Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1960

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