Case Name: Ex parte James Louis STEEL
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1961-02-22
Citations: 343 S.W.2d 266
Docket Number: No. 33030
Parties: Ex parte James Louis STEEL.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 343
Pages: 266–266

Head Matter:
Ex parte James Louis STEEL.
No. 33030.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 22, 1961.
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Howell E. Stone, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
McDonald, judge.
This is an appeal from the order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding.
The recognizance entered into by the appellant and his sureties does not state that they personally appeared in open court when the recognizance was made.
In the absence of a recognizance substantially in the form prescribed under the provisions of Art. 831, Vernon's Ann. C.C.P., this court is without jurisdiction to enter any order other than to dismiss the appeal. Choice v. State, 164 Tex.Cr.R. 224, 298 S.W.2d 148.
The appeal is dismissed.