Case ID: sw2d_225/html/0179-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "GRAVES, Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

LOCKE v. STATE.
    No. 24659.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Nov. 30, 1949.
    Motion to Reinstate Appeal Denied Jan. 4, 1950.
    W- J- Lowe, Clarenden, for appellant,
    George P. Blackburn, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.
   GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of drunk driving and by the jury fined the sum of $50.00, and from á judgment thereunder-he appeals. ■

This cause was tried on August 3, 1949, and judgment rendered on the same date. Notice of appeal was entered of record on August 24, 1949, and the amount of bond was fixed at the sum of $150.00.

It is now made known to this court that neither a recognizance nor an appeal bond has been entered into by the appellant, and that he is not confined in jail. The State’s Attorney moves to dismiss the appeal. See Art. 830, note 2, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., Vol. 3, and cases cited; also Grant v. State, 110 Tex.Cr.R. 9, 7 S.W.2d 90; and Tristan v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 16 S.W.2d 1081.

The motion is granted and the appeal is dismissed.