Case Name: Bert B. Berry v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1957-11-27
Citations: 165 Tex. Crim. 454
Docket Number: No. 29,280
Parties: Bert B. Berry v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 454–456

Head Matter:
Bert B. Berry v. State
No. 29,280.
November 27, 1957.
Appellant’s Motion to Reinstate Appeal Granted January 15, 1958.
Scarborough, Yates, Scarborough & Black, by James K. Graham, Abilene, for appellant.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in jail and a fine of $150.
Trial was had, judgment rendered, and notice of appeal given on April 17, 1957, which was during a term of the court in which the case was tried. Said term ended on June 15, 1957.
The record shows that appellant was enlarged under a recognizance on appeal entered into on July 15, 1957, and during the subsequent term.
An appeal in a misdemeanor case will be dismissed if the recognizance was entered into after the expiration of the term of court at which the conviction was had. Hernandez v. State, 272 S.W. 2d 376, and other cases cited under Sec. 633, Branch's Ann. P.C. 2d Ed.
The appeal is dismissed.