Court Opinion

ID: 3951980
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 10:13:47.467382+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:34.993477
License: Public Domain

Conviction in district court of Bowie County of transporting intoxicating liquor; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.
The recognizance in this case is defective. It merely states that the defendant stands charged with the offense of a felony and who has been convicted in "This court of a felony." This is not sufficient. Art. 903, Vernon's C. C. P. provides the form for recognizance on appeal in felony cases and requires that a recognizance shall state the offense for which conviction was had. Simply to describe it as a felony is bad.
The appeal will be dismissed.
Dismissed.