PENDLETON v. STATE

No. 41512.

434 S.W.2d 694 (1968)

Gene Autry PENDLETON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Brice Cunningham, Levi Curl, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Joe K. Hendley, Myron Garner, Camille Elliott, Malcolm Dade and Kerry P. FitzGerald, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is unlawfully passing as true a forged instrument; the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C., life.

At the outset appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

State's witness, James Edwards, a service station operator in Dallas County, testified that on November 6, 1966, appellant purchased a battery, a battery cable and $2.00 worth of...

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