Parker v. State

OPINION

A jury convicted appellant of forgery. The trial court sentenced appellant to ten years’ confinement and assessed a $3,500 fine. Appellant appealed, claiming the indictment alleged he passed a forged instrument to one person, whereas the proof at trial established that he passed it to another, therefore there was a fatal variance between the allegation in the indictment and the proof at trial. Appellant concluded the evidence was therefore insufficient to support his conviction. The Court of Appeals rejected his claim and affirmed. Parker v. State, No. 05-96-01068-CR, 1997 WL 752564…