Diggs v. State

Appellant was charged by indictment with the offense of forgery, with intent to defraud or harm another, pursuant to § 32.21(b) of the Texas Penal Code, alleged to have been committed on or about August 12, 1993.1 In April of 1995, in a trial by jury in the 23rd Judicial District Court of Brazoria County, appellant was found guilty. The jury then assessed punishment of confinement in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 17 years and a *79fine of $2,000. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Diggs v. State, 928 S.W.2d 756 (Tex.App.—Houston…