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Ex Parte Steel

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Feb 22, 1961
343 S.W.2d 266 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)

Opinion

No. 33030.

February 22, 1961.

Appeal from the County Court at Law, No. 2, Harris County, Wm. A. Miller, Jr.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Howell E. Stone, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


This is an appeal from the order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding.

The recognizance entered into by the appellant and his sureties does not state that they personally appeared in open court when the recognizance was made.

In the absence of a recognizance substantially in the form prescribed under the provisions of Art. 831, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P., this court is without jurisdiction to enter any order other than to dismiss the appeal. Choice v. State, 164 Tex.Crim. 224, 298 S.W.2d 148.

The appeal is dismissed.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Steel

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Feb 22, 1961
343 S.W.2d 266 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)
Case details for

Ex Parte Steel

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte James Louis STEEL

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Feb 22, 1961

Citations

343 S.W.2d 266 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)
170 Tex. Crim. 590