Case Name: Ex Parte James Louis Steel
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-02-22
Citations: 170 Tex. Crim. 590
Docket Number: No. 33,030
Parties: Ex Parte James Louis Steel
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 590–591

Head Matter:
Ex Parte James Louis Steel
No. 33,030.
February 22, 1961
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
Frank Briscoe, District Attorney, Carl E. F. Dally , Howell E. Stone, Assistants District Attorney, Houston, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
McDonald, judge
This is an appeal from the order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding.
The recognizance entered into by the appellant and his sureties does not state that they personally appeared in open court when the recognizance was made.
In the absence of a recognizance substantially in the form prescribed under the provisions of Art. 831, V.A.C.C.P., this court is without jurisdiction to enter any order other than to dismiss the appeal. Choice v. State, 164 Tex. Cr. R. 224, 298 S.W. 2d 148.
The appeal is dismissed.