Rochelle v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MILLER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of forgery. V.T.C.A. Penal Code § 32.21. 1 The jury also assessed punishment, enhanced by two prior convictions for forgery, at 85 years imprisonment. See V.T. C.A. Penal Code § 12.42(d). Appellant raised two points of error on direct appeal, contending the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the indictment was fatally defective. The court of appeals sustained both these points of error, reversed the trial court’s judgment, and dismissed the prosecution under the…