Opinion
No. 16472.
Delivered February 28, 1934.
Appeal Dismissed — Bail Bond.
Where bail pending appeal was not entered into until after trial term of court adjourned, and bond was not approved by both the sheriff and trial judge, as required by article 818, C. C. P., but approved only by the sheriff, appeal will be dismissed.
Appeal from the District Court of Travis County. Tried below before the Hon. J. D. Moore, Judge.
Appeal from conviction for robbery; penalty, confinement in the penitentiary for twelve years.
Dismissed.
The opinion states the case.
E. B. Simmons, of San Antonio, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.
Conviction is for robbery, the punishment being twelve years in the penitentiary.
The trial judge fixed appellant's bail pending appeal at three thousand dollars. By supplemental transcript it appears that after the trial term of court adjourned appellant sought release from custody pending appeal by entering into bond in the sum fixed by the court. Article 818, C. C. P., provides that such bond shall be approved by both the sheriff and the trial judge. If it is not so approved the appeal will be dismissed. Miles v. State, 92 Tex.Crim. Rep., 244 S.W. 1009; Tolar v. State, 97 Tex.Crim. Rep., 260 S.W. 1043. The bond in the present instance appears to be approved by the sheriff only.
The appeal is therefore dismissed.
Dismissed.