Case Name: PARNELL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-03-19
Citations: 27 S.W.2d 192
Docket Number: No. 13146
Parties: PARNELL v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 27
Pages: 192–194

Head Matter:
PARNELL v. STATE.
No. 13146.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 19, 1930.
Appeal Reinstated April 23, 1930.
A. Milton Vance, of Houston, and W. W. Heath, of Anderson, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The offense is murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of fifteen years.
The state's motion to dismiss the appeal must be sustained. The recognizance states that the appellant was "accused" of the offense of murder. The statute authorizing an appeal requires that the recognizance show that he was "convicted" of a felony. See article 817, C. C. P. 1925; Wilmering v. State, 100 Tex. Cr. R. 169, 272 S. W. 463. When the appellant is at liberty, the jurisdiction of this court to pass upon the merits of the appeal can be invoked alone by a recognizance such as prescribed by article 817, or by a bond as described in article 818, C. C. P.
For the reasons stated the appeal is dismissed. The appeal may be reinstated by compliance with article 835, C. C. P., within fifteen days from this date.