Chandler v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for forgery; the punishment, four years.

Trial was after January 1, 1966, under the alternate procedure provided by Art. 37.07 of the 1965 Code.

At the trial on the issue of guilt or innocence, the state, over appellant’s timely objection, was permitted to introduce in evidence, as state’s exhibits 3 to 8, certain commitment, turnkey, and release cards showing numerous convictions of appellant for passing worthless checks and for liquor law violations and his confinement in jail by the sheriff of Potter County.

Appellant objected to the exhibits and the…