Case Name: Allen Stokes v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1949-05-11
Citations: 153 Tex. Crim. 330
Docket Number: No. 24378
Parties: Allen Stokes v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 330–330

Head Matter:
Allen Stokes v. State.
No. 24378.
May 11, 1949.
No attorney of record on appeal for appellant.
Ernest S. Goens, State’s Attorney, 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 be 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, 203 S. W. (2d) 224.
The appeal is dismissed.
Opinion approved by the Court.