Case Name: W. T. COCKRELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1958-12-10
Citations: 318 S.W.2d 643
Docket Number: No. 30227
Parties: W. T. COCKRELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 318
Pages: 643–643

Head Matter:
W. T. COCKRELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 30227.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 10, 1958.
No attorney for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Felony theft is the offense, with punishment assessed at five years' confinement in the penitentiary.
The notice of appeal herein appears only as a docket entry upon the trial court's docket; it is not shown to have been entered of record in the-minutes of the court.
We have repeatedly held that a valid notice of appeal must be entered of record and that a docket entry is not sufficient. Art. 827, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.; Martinez v. State, 157 Tex.Cr.R. 91, 246 S.W.2d 633; Keilmann v. State, 162 Tex.Cr.R. 603, 288 S.W.2d 113.
The appeal is dismissed.