Case Name: Willie Griffin v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1954-11-19
Citations: 160 Tex. Crim. 478
Docket Number: No. 27,169
Parties: Willie Griffin v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 160
Pages: 478–479

Head Matter:
Willie Griffin v. State
No. 27,169.
November 19, 1954
No attorney of record on appeal for appellant.
Wesley Dice, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
BELCHER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for the offense of negligent homicide in the second degree, and his punishment was assessed at one year in jail.
There appears in this record neither a recognizance nor an appeal bond. There is on file in the record an affidavit of the sheriff of Fannin County stating that appellant is not now in custody and has not been in custody since the trial of said cause.
This being a misdemeanor, there must be a recognizance, or an appeal bond, or a showing that appellant is now in custody, in the absence of which this court is without jurisdiction to enter any order except to dismiss the appeal. Grant v. State, 110 Texas Cr. R. 9, 7 S.W. 2d 90.
The appeal is dismissed.
Opinion approved by the court.