Anderson v. State

• Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
• Writing for the Court: MORRISON
• Citation: Anderson v. State, 406 S.W.2d 433 (Tex. Crim. App. 1966)
• Decision Date: 22 June 1966
• Docket Number: No. 39630,39630
• Parties: Paul ANDERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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406 S.W.2d 433

Paul ANDERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 39630.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 22, 1966.

Rehearing Denied Oct. 19, 1966.

Herbert Green, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Robert H. Stinson, Jr., Harryette Bercu, Curtis Glover and W. John Allison, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION ON STATE'S MOTION FOR REHEARING

MORRISON, Judge.

Our prior opinion is withdrawn and the following substituted in lieu thereof.

The offense is the attempt to pass as true a forged instrument; the punishment, three years.

Defendant entered a plea of guilty and filed his application for suspended sentence. Trial was had before a jury on August 26, 1965, and notice of appeal was given September 24, 1965.

The evidence adduced by the State revealed that appellant approached witness Perry, an employee of the White's Humpty Dumpty Food Store, at the store office and filled out a customer draft. The appellant then sought to have witness Perry cash it, showing him a driver's license. Witness Perry refused to cash the check, whereupon appellant departed with the customer draft.

Officer Pinkston was called to the Humpty Dumpty and subsequently arrested appellant. Upon searching the appellant's person, a customer draft was found which was identified by witness...