Guyton v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for forgery, where the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., was assessed at life.

The indictment was presented on November 1, 1965, alleging that the primary offense had occurred “on or about” June 4, 1965. The trial commenced March 22, 1966. Judgment was entered the following day. The motion and amended motion for new trial were overruled by operation of law. For reasons unexplained, sentence was not pronounced until February 26, 1970. The record reached this court on March 26, 1971, over…