Case Name: STOKES v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1949-05-11
Citations: 220 S.W.2d 152
Docket Number: No. 24378
Parties: STOKES v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 220
Pages: 152–152

Head Matter:
STOKES v. STATE.
No. 24378.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 11, 1949.
None on appeal for appellant.
Ernest S. Goens, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The offense is theft; the penalty, two years in the penitentiary.
Notice of appeal herein appears only as a docket entry. This is insufficient; it must he entered of record, which means entered upon the minutes of the court. Art. 827, C.C.P.; Crozier v. State, 141 Tex.Cr.R. 407, 149 S.W.2d 108; Beasley v. State, 144 Tex.Cr.R. 366, 162 S.W.2d 968; Patton v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 203 S.W.2d 224.
The appeal is dismissed.
Opinion approved by the Court.