Woodard v. State

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for forgery by passing. TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 32.21(a)(1)(B) (Vernon 1974). The trial court found appellant guilty and assessed punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, at 20 years in the Texas Department of Corrections and a five thousand dollar fine.

Appellant was indicted for passing a forged check to Mary E. Creek. Mary Creek, a motor bank teller at the National Bank of Fort Sam Houston, testified that on the date of the offense, she was assisting a new teller, Phyliss Garcia. Garcia received a deposit slip and…