Shipp v. State

331 S.W.3d 433 (2011)

Allen Ray SHIPP, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-1346-09.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 2, 2011.

David A. Schulman, Austin, for Appellant.

Lisa C. McMinn, Asst. State's Atty., Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

OPINION

PRICE, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which KEASLER, HERVEY and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The appellant was indicted for the offense of forgery under Section 32.21 of the Texas Penal Code.[1] Because the jury found that the counterfeit writing he passed, a purported store receipt,…