Reeves v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 4, 1953

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1953-03-04

Relies on Stephens v. State · Wood v. State · 153 Tex. Crim. 146 - Hughes v. State

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Decided 1953-03-04

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Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently February 1989

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GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

¶1The conviction, is for the theft of one head of cattle. The penalty assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

¶2The record contains no notice of appeal except a docket entry thereof. The statute, Art. 827, C.C.P., provides that such notice shall be given in open court and entered of record. A notation on the trial docket is not a sufficient record of such notice. See Clark v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 218 S.W.2d 210; Hughes v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 218 S.W.2d 479, and many cases there cited; also Wood v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 218 S.W.2d 480. -

¶3No- notice of appeal being shown herein, the appeal is dismissed.