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44 S.W.2d 687

Echols v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 9, 1931

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1931-12-09

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1972

2 state decisions

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Decided 1931-12-09

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MORROW, P. J.

¶1The conviction is for robbery with firearms; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

¶2It has been made known by the affidavit of the sheriff of Smith county that the appellant, pending his appeal, escaped from custody on November 7, 1931, and did not voluntarily return within ten days. Because of such escape, this court is deprived of jurisdiction of the appeal. See article 824, C. C. P. 1925.

¶3The appeal is dismissed.

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