Martinez v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeals are taken from convictions for forgery. Both cases were tried before the court upon pleas of guilty and punishment was assessed at ten years in each case.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions, urging in each case that “the check set out in the indictment could not be the subject of forgery because it shows on its face to have already been honored by the bank upon which it was drawn” and “the check set out by its tenor in the indictment contains notations which the evidence shows were made after the check was passed.”

A…