Case Name: GARLINGTON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-10-15
Citations: 215 S.W. 341
Docket Number: No. 5441
Parties: GARLINGTON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 215
Pages: 341–341

Head Matter:
GARLINGTON v. STATE.
(No. 5441.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 15, 1919.)
CRIMINAL LAW <&wkey;1081 — DISMISSAL FOB FAILURE TO GIVE NOTICE OF APPEAL.
Upon appeal in a criminal case where the record fails to show that a notice of appeal was given and entered in the trial court, the appeal may be dismissed; notice of appeal being essential to jurisdiction.
Appeal from Sabine County Court; P. P. Adams, Judge.
Mack Garlington was convicted for unlawfully .carrying a pistol, and be appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
E. A. Berry, Asst. Atty. Gen., for tbe State.

Opinion:
MORROW, J.
Tbe conviction is for unlawfully carrying a pistol.
Tbe Assistant Attorney General bas filed a motion to dismiss tbe appeal because tbe record fails to show that a notice of appeal was given and entered in a trial court.
Tbe record supports tbe allegation of tbe motion, and, notice of appeal being essential to tbe jurisdiction of tbis court, tbe appeal is dismissed.