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Farris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
May 4, 1938
116 S.W.2d 370 (Tex. Crim. App. 1938)

Opinion

No. 19692.

Delivered May 4, 1938.

Appeal Dismissed — Appeal Bond — Jurisdiction.

An appeal bond, reciting that appellant was charged with a felony but failing to state that he had been convicted of a felony as required by statute, held fatally defective, requiring a dismissal of the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Appeal from the District Court of Bowie County. Hon. N. L. Dalby, Judge.

Appeal from conviction for robbery; penalty, confinement in penitentiary for five years.

Appeal dismissed.

The opinion states the case.

Hal O. McConnell, of Fort Worth, for appellant.

Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.


The offense is robbery; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The appeal bond is defective in that it fails to state that appellant has been convicted of a felony, as is required by Article 817, C. C. P. Teel v. State, 91 S.W.2d 747. It is recited in the bond that appellant "stands charged with the offense of a felony, to-wit: robbery with firearms." Nowhere is it shown that there was a conviction. See Wall v. State, 7 S.W.2d 958.

Appellant being enlarged under a fatally defective appeal bond, this Court is without jurisdiction. Wall v. State, supra.

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.


Summaries of

Farris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
May 4, 1938
116 S.W.2d 370 (Tex. Crim. App. 1938)
Case details for

Farris v. State

Case Details

Full title:MARVIN C. FARRIS v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: May 4, 1938

Citations

116 S.W.2d 370 (Tex. Crim. App. 1938)
116 S.W.2d 370