PAYNE v. STATE

No. 55601.

567 S.W.2d 4 (1978)

Billie Merle PAYNE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

May 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stan Brown, Abilene, for appellant.

Lynn Ingalsbe, Dist. Atty. and Patricia A. Elliott, Asst. Dist. Atty., Abilene, for the State.

Before ONION, P. J., and DALLY and VOLLERS, JJ.


OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for passing a forged check; the punishment is imprisonment for 5 years.

The appellant urges that the evidence will not support the conviction, because the State failed to prove that the purported maker of the check did not authorize the appellant to make and pass the check.

To sustain the conviction for passing a forged check there must be proof that the check was forged. V.T.C.A....

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