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13 Tex. Ct. App. 346

Mirelles v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 20, 1883

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1883-01-20

Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Bussell. The indictment was joint against Mirelles and one Beltram for the theft, from one Moore, of forty-eight goats of the value of one dollar and fifty cents each. The conviction was for the theft of property of a value less than twenty dollars, and punishment was assessed against each at confinement in the county jail for twelve months. \

Decided 1883-01-20

White, P. J.

¶1In Pennington v. The State, 11 Texas Ct. App., 281, it was held that “though a convicted defendant has a right of appeal in any criminal action, yet he is not convicted until final judgment is rendered against him.” If, therefore, the record, on appeal, shows no final judgment in the trial court against the appellant, the appeal will be dismissed by this court.

¶2Article 791, Code of Criminal Procedure, prescribes the requisites of a final judgment in a felony case, and the judgment entry must be in substantial compliance with these requirements. In the case before us, there is no declaration in the judgment that “the defendant is adjudged guilty of the offense as found by the jury.”

¶3The motion of the Assistant Attorney General to dismiss this appeal for want of a final judgment is sustained, and the appeal dismissed.

¶4Appeal dismissed.

¶5Opinion delivered January 20, 1883.

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