Court Opinion

ID: 3928117
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 09:53:56.528604+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:00.180842
License: Public Domain

Conviction is for receiving stolen property, knowing it to have been so stolen; punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
Apparently appellant has been released pending appeal upon a purported appeal bond which is fatally defective. In the first place, it fails to recite that appellant had beenconvicted of a felony as is required by the provisions of Articles 817 and 818, C. C. P., but recites only that appellant stood charged with a felony. In form the bond is for appearance for trial rather than *Page 613 
pending appeal and is insufficient. Doddy v. State, 91 Tex. Crim. 634,240 S.W. 555; Lynch v. State, 102 Tex.Crim. R.,279 S.W. 271; Wall v. State, 110 Tex.Crim. R., 7 S.W.2d 958
In the second place, the bond in question bears the approval of the sheriff only, whereas Art. 818, C. C. P., requires the approval of both the sheriff and the trial judge. Golle v. State, 93 Tex Cr. R. 233, 246 S.W. 1040. Pages of other authorities will be found in the Cumulative Pocket Part of Vol. 3, Vernon's Ann. Tex. C. C. P., under Art. 818.
The appeal is dismissed.