Scott v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MILLER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the offense of forgery. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 32.-21(a)(1)(B). He pled guilty before a Dallas County District Court magistrate. The district court judge pronounced appellant guilty, and sentenced him to ten years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and a $5,000.00 fine. On appeal to the Dallas Court of Appeals, 668 S.W.2d 430 (Tex.App.Dallas—1984), appellant’s conviction was reversed and remanded for a new trial. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to determine…