Breazeale v. State

JUNELL, Justice.

Thomas Ray Breazeale entered a plea of not guilty to the trial court to an indictment for forgery. The trial court rejected the plea and found appellant guilty of the offense. The court assessed punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, at life imprisonment.

Appellant urges that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction and that the record is devoid of any proof that he voluntarily waived his right to trial by jury. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the conviction.

The record reflects that on October 23, 1980 appellant presented a check to be…