Howard v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Howard v. State, 103 P. 864 (1909)
2 Okla. Crim. 642; 1909 OK CR 97; 1909 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 179
Furman, Doyle, Owen

Howard v. State

Opinion of the Court

FURMAN, PRESIDING Judge.

There is nothing in 'the record which shows that a notice of appeal in-this' case was served upon the clerk of the county court or the county attorney of *643 G-rady county. Section 5610, Wilson’s Eev. & Ann. S't 1903, is as follows:

“An appeal is' taken by the service of a notice upon the clerk of the court where the judgment was entered, stating that the appellant appeals from the judgment. If taken by the der fendant, a similar notice must be served upon the prosecuting attorney. If taken by the territory, a similar notice must be served upon the defendant if he can be found in the county; if not there, by posting up a notice three weeks in the office of the clerk of the district court.”

This statute is mandatory and jurisdictional, and in the absence of such notices this court acquires no jurisdiction to entertain an appeal.

The appeal is therefore dismissed.

DOYLE and OWEN, Judges, concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Earl Howard v. State.
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
APPEAL — Notice—Dismissal. When no notice of appeal has been sewed upon the cleric of the court and the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a defendant was convicted, this court acquires no jurisdiction, and the appeal will be dismissed. (■Syllabus by the Count.)