Martin v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for forgery wherein the jury assessed punishment at five years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The indictment in the instant case charged forgery in the first count thereof and passing as true a forged instrument in the second count. Only the first count was submitted to the jury.

It appears that there were three other indictments against the appellant pending prior to the trial in question. A motion and an affidavit requesting a separate sanity hearing in each case to determine appellant’s competency to stand trial…