Romines v. State

229 S.W.2d 805 (1950)

ROMINES

v.

STATE.

No. 24752.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 3, 1950.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1950.

McCarthy, Collins & Snodgrass, Robert M. Haynes, Amarillo, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction under the so-called habitual criminal statute, Art. 63, P.C., with punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The primary offense charged was the non-capital offense of robbery. One of the prior convictions relied upon was described as "the felony of passing a forged instrument."

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