Reid v. State

Feb 17, 1960
No. 31058
Reporters:
,
Before:
Woodley
WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is forgery; the punishment, 7 ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‍years.

The only notice of appeal appearing in the record is contained in an affidavit of ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‍appellant before a notary public in Walker County which was filed with the clerk of ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‍the trial court.

This was not a compliance with the requirements of Art. 827, Vernon’s Ann. ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‍C.C.P., that notice of appeal be given in open court and entered of record. Anderson ‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‍v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 309 S.W.2d 239.

The appeal is dismissed.