Patterson v. State, 20369.
| Decision Date | 19 April 1939 |
| Docket Number | No. 20369.,20369. |
| Citation | 127 S.W.2d 300 |
| Parties | PATTERSON v. STATE. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Walker County; Terry Dickens, Judge.
J. A. Patterson was convicted of aiding a prisoner to escape, and he appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
M. E. Gates, of Huntsville, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.
The offense is aiding a prisoner to escape; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
The record fails to show that appellant gave notice of appeal. In the absence of such notice this court is without jurisdiction.
Attention is called to the fact that no indictment is disclosed by the transcript.
The appeal is dismissed.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.
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Ex Parte Patterson
...an unfavorable judgment on the part of the trial court on such motion, which appeal was by this court dismissed. See Patterson v. State, 136 Tex. Cr.R. 581, 127 S.W.2d 300. "The absence of the accused at some stage of the proceedings does not in every instance require a reversal." Boatright......
- Tucker v. State, 20365.