Case Name: Ernest HALE, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1959-12-16
Citations: 330 S.W.2d 199
Docket Number: No. 31242
Parties: Ernest HALE, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 330
Pages: 199–200

Head Matter:
Ernest HALE, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 31242.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 16, 1959.
No attorney on appeal for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for driving while intoxicated.
Appellant has filed his personal affidavit asking that his appeal in this case be dismissed.
This is a right the appellant has and one which this court is powerless to refuse. Ermis v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 289 S.W. 405; Dewberry v. State, 162 Tex.Cr.R. 160, 283 S.W.2d 399; 4 Tex.Jur. (1st) Sec. 347, p. 497; and 5 Tex.Jur. (2d) Sec. 336, p. 539.
The appeal is dismissed.