Case Name: OFFIELD v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-03-01
Citations: 135 S.W. 566
Docket Number: 
Parties: OFFIELD v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 135
Pages: 566–568

Head Matter:
OFFIELD v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 1, 1911.
On Motion for Rehearing, March 22, 1911.)
1. Criminal Law (§ 1009 ) — Appeal and Error — Notice of Appeal,
Code Cr. Proc. art. 872, provides that a defendant, upon conviction, may appeal “under the rules herein prescribed”; article 882 provides that an appeal may be taken by defendant at any time during the term at which the conviction was had; and article 883 provides that an appeal is taken by giving notice thereof, etc. Held, .that where accused was convicted at a term ending September 3, 1910, and the only notice of appeal appears to have been given October 1, 1910, the appeal must be dismissed.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent Dig. §§ 2691-2699; Dec. Dig. § 1069. ]
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Criminal Law (§ 1081 ) — Appeal and Error-Notice op Appeal.
Code Cr. Proc. art. 884, provides that in cases where, after notice of appeal has been given, the record or any portion thereof has been destroyed, it may be substituted in the lower court, if the court be then in session, and when so substituted, the transcript may be prepared and sent up as in other cases, and, in case the court from which the appeal is taken is not then in session, the Court of Appeals shall postpone the consideration of the appeal until the next term of court from which the appeal is taken. Held, that the trial court, under this article, is without authority to enter a nunc pro tunc order, so as to confer jurisdic- ’ tion on the appellate court, and where the notice of appeal was. given during the term at which conviction was had, and the clerk of the court failed to enter the- notice in the minutes of the court, although entered in the motion docket, jurisdiction of an appeal is not given by subsequently entering the notice nunc pro tunc.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. § 2722; Dec. Dig. § 1081. ]
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; W. T. Simmons, Judge.
H. L. Offield, alias Roy James, was convicted of burglary, and appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
Lattimore, Cummings, Doyle & Bouldin', for appellant C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
For otlier oases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
HARPER, J.
The appellant in this case was indicted at the June term of the district court of Tarrant county, charged with burglary. 1-Ie was convicted, and sentenced to two years' confinement in the penitentiary.
It appears from the record that the term of court at which appellant was tried began on June 6, 1910, and adjourned September 3, 1910, and at this term of court no notice of appeal was given or entered of record. The only notice of appeal in the record appears to have been given and entered of record on October 1, 1910, about four weeks after the adjournment of the term at which appellant was tried. Our Code of Criminal Procedure provides:
"Art. 872. A defendant in any criminal action, upon conviction, has the right to appeal under' the rules herein prescribed."
"Art. 882. An appeal may be taken by the defendant at any time during the term of the court at which the conviction was had.
"Art. 883. An appeal is taken by giving notice thereof in open court and having the same entered of record."
In Clark v. State, 3 Tex. App. 338, it is held: "An appeal taken without notice given at the term at which the conviction was had will confer no jurisdiction upon the appellate court." Even in death penalty cases, in Roan v. State, 65 S. W. 1068, in order to clothe this court with jurisdiction, the appeal must be taken at the term at which the defendant was tried and convicted. Having failed to give notice of appeal during the term, appellant forfeited his right to appeal. Morse v. State, 39 Tex. Cr. R. 566, 47 S. W. 645, 50 S. W. 342; Wilcox v. State, 31 Tex. 586, and other cases cited.
No notice of appeal having been given and entered of record at the term of court at which the defendant was tried, the appeal is dismissed.