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Tucker v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Nov 8, 1961
350 S.W.2d 658 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)

Opinion

No. 33923.

November 8, 1961.

Appeal from the 132nd Judicial District Court, Scurry County, Sterling Williams, J.

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Wayland G. Holt, Dist. Atty., Snyder, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


The offense is felony theft; the punishment, two years in the state penitentiary.

No notice of appeal appears in the record in this cause, nor was any valid notice of appeal given in the trial court or entered of record, so as to confer jurisdiction on this court as required by Art. 827, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. See Hernandez v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 294 S.W.2d 837; Reid v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 333 S.W.2d 140. In the absence thereof, this court has no jurisdiction of the appeal.

The appeal is dismissed.


Summaries of

Tucker v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Nov 8, 1961
350 S.W.2d 658 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)
Case details for

Tucker v. State

Case Details

Full title:Luther TUCKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Nov 8, 1961

Citations

350 S.W.2d 658 (Tex. Crim. App. 1961)