Opinion
No. 23043.
Delivered February 7, 1945.
Recognizance — Appeal Dismissed.
Where accused, after giving notice of appeal and before adjournment of term of court at which he was convicted, was released from custody pending his appeal upon an appeal bond, appeal was dismissed for failure to give recognizance required by statute.
Appeal from District Court of Waller County. Hon. W. B. Browder, Judge.
Appeal from conviction for burglary; penalty, confinement in the penitentiary for three years.
Appeal dismissed.
The opinion states the case.
Percy Foreman, of Houston, for appellant.
Ernest S. Goens, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.
Burglary is the offense; the punishment, three years in the penitentiary.
After giving notice of appeal and before adjournment of the term of court at which he was convicted, appellant was released from custody pending his appeal upon an appeal bond.
Under the provisions of Art. 818, C. C. P., an appeal bond may be given only "after the expiration" of the term of court at which he was convicted.
To obtain release upon appeal before adjournment of the term of court, a recognizance is necessary. Art. 816, 817 C. C. P. Templeton v. State, 132 Tex.Crim. R., 105 S.W.2d 1100; Bloss v. State, 79 Tex.Crim. R., 187 S.W. 487; King v. State, 83 Tex.Crim. R., 203 S.W. 52.
The appeal is dismissed.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.