Morales v. State

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

Arturo Morales appeals from his convictions for five counts of misdemeanor forgery and three counts of felony tampering with a governmental record. The jury found Morales guilty and assessed punishment at one year community supervision and an $800 fine on each forgery count and two years’ community supervision and a $1,000 fine on each count of tampering with a governmental record. We affirm.

FACTS

In December 1995, Morales was the duly elected Constable for Precinct 3 of El Paso County, Texas. Kenneth Sutherland, Democratic Party chairperson at the time, testified…