McNeese v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of forgery. It was alleged that the appellant with intent to harm and defraud another possessed a forged instrument with the intent to utter it. The punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, is imprisonment for life.

The appellant asserts that the court erred in failing to quash the indictment, and that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction because there is a fatal variance between the allegations of the indictment and the proof. The appellant also says the State failed to prove he knew the…