Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Deason v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 4, 1959No. 30343Published

1ConcurrenceDavidson, Judge

I concur in the reversal of this case for the reasons assigned by my brother Morrison, Presiding Judge.

There is, however, in my opinion, a far more compelling reason for reversing the conviction than that assigned: The facts are insufficient to support this conviction and the reversal should be predicated upon that error.

The reasons for that statement follow:

The indictment alleged that the check was a forgery because the name of the payee, Barbara H. Kenyon, had been endorsed upon the back of a genuine check of Braniff Airways, Incorporated, and that appellant passed the forged check to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Feeney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  3. Caldwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952

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