STANFIELD v. STATE

No. 42460.

450 S.W.2d 635 (1969)

Elmer Leon STANFIELD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Hampton, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and John B. Tolle, Camille Elliott, James P. Finstrom, Alvin Walvoord and Ronald W. Chapman, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

OPINION

The offense is felony theft with two prior noncapital felonies alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life.

Appellant's first ground of error grows out of the State's cross examination of him as a witness in his own behalf at the guilt stage of the trial. He was first asked if he had been convicted in 1967 for forging and passing, and he admitted that he had. He was then asked and answered affirmatively that he had been...

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