Acuff v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is unlawfully passing as true a forged instrument; the punishment, five (5) years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The record reflects that appellant represented himself at his trial after he waived his right to counsel despite the trial court’s repeated offers to appoint counsel. He is now represented on appeal by court appointed counsel.

Ray Wunsch, the complaining witness, testified that on September 17, 1966, appellant entered a men’s store in Paris, Texas, representing himself to be O. L. Billups. After purchasing a wallet and a “British Sterling”…