Opinion · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

St. John v. State

421 S.W.2d 661

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jurisdiction
Texas
Date
1967-12-06
Topic
general

OPINION DICE, Judge. The conviction is for robbery with firearms; the punishment, fifty years. The record on appeal has not been approved, as required by Art. 40.09-7, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. The time for filing the defendant’s brief does not begin to run until the approval of the record by the court. Art. 40.09-9, C.C.P.

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DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for robbery with firearms; the punishment, fifty years.

The record on appeal has not been approved, as required by Art. 40.09-7, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.

The time for filing the defendant’s brief does not begin to run until the approval of the record by the court. Art. 40.09-9, C.C.P.

The disposition of the appeal will be suspended to await the approval of the entire record and further proceedings which may be had in the trial court under Art. 40.09, supra, after such approval, as though the record had not been filed in this court. Stoker v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 415 S.W.2d 923.

The appeal is abated.