Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 45.0426. Filing Bond Perfects Appeal
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Art. 45.0426. [834] [922] FILING BOND PERFECTS APPEAL. (a)
When the appeal bond has been filed with the justice or judge who
tried the case not later than the 10th day after the date the
judgment was entered, the appeal in such case shall be held to be
perfected.
(b) If an appeal bond is not timely filed, the appellate
court does not have jurisdiction over the case and shall remand the
case to the justice or municipal court for execution of the
sentence.
(c) An appeal may not be dismissed because the defendant
failed to give notice of appeal in open court. An appeal by the
defendant or the state may not be dismissed on account of any defect
in the transcript.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Amended by Acts 1995,
74th Leg., ch. 478, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from
Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 45.14 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,
ch. 1545, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Article: 45.037 45.038 45.039 45.040 45.041 45.042 45.0425 45.0426 45.043 45.044 45.045 45.046 45.047 45.048 45.049
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