Case Name: THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. M. ALI, Appellant
Court: District Court of Appeal of the State of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1918-11-04
Citations: 38 Cal. App. 544
Docket Number: Crim. No. 622
Parties: THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. M. ALI, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Appellate Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 544–545

Head Matter:
[Crim. No. 622.
Second Appellate District.
November 4, 1918.]
THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. M. ALI, Appellant.
Criminal Law—Appeal—Application Stating Grounds—Failure to File.—Section 1247 of the Penal Code, requiring the filing of an application stating the grounds of an appeal is mandatory, and for the failure to file such application within the time prescribed, an appeal in a criminal action must be dismissed,
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Impe: rial County, and from an order denying a new trial. Franklin J. Cole, Judge.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
O. V. Willson, for Appellant.
U. S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Joseph L. Lewinsohn, Deputy Attorney-General, for Respondent.

Opinion:
CONREY, P. J.
In the court below the defendant was convicted of the crime of embezzlement. He gave notice of appeal from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. A clerk's transcript and a reporter's transcript of all of the evidence received at the trial (excepting a certain exhibit) are on file in this court. The attorney-general objects to any consideration of these appeals for the reason that the record does not show that an application stating the grounds of the appeal was filed by the defendant as required by section 1247 of the Penal Code. This objection was called to the attention of defendant's attorney by the service upon him of respondent's brief more than a month prior to the submission of the case in this court. No suggestion has been -made that the record is incomplete, and we therefore assume that appellant failed to comply with the requirements of said section 1247, by neglecting to file the application required by that section. The filing of such application is mandatory. The section itself declares that "if such application is not filed within said time, the appeal is wholly ineffectual and shall be deemed dismissed and the judgment or order may be enforced as if no appeal had been taken." (Rhodes v. Sargent, 17 Cal. App. 54, 56, [118 Pac. 727] ; People v. Measor, 20 Cal. App. 406, [129 Pac. 469].)
The appeals are dismissed.
James, J., and Myers, J., pro tem., concurred.