Court Opinion

ID: 3977460
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 10:34:59.348678+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:08.430357
License: Public Domain

Appellant was convicted for an unlawful sale of liquor, a felony, and assessed the lowest punishment.
During the term he appealed, and instead of entering into a recognizance in open court, he gave an appeal bond and was thereupon given his liberty. The only way he could have legally been discharged at the time he was, was by entering into a recognizance instead of giving an appeal bond. His giving the appeal bond and obtaining his liberty thereby deprives this court of jurisdiction. Hence, the Assistant Attorney General's motion to dismiss must be granted. (Laird v. State, 79 Tex. Crim. 129, 184 S.W. Rep., 810, and several cases following this decided by this court since then.)
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.