Legal Opinion

Sisk v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 4, 1928No. 11495Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for forgery, punishment two years in the penitentiary.

In passing, attention is called to the fact that the charge of the court submitted to the jury only the second count in the indictment wherein appellant was charged with the passing of a forged instrument, and to the fact that the judgment and sentence are for forgery, which is not in consonance with the verdict and the charge of the court. We frequently have to call the attention of trial courts to inaccuracies and errors of this kind, which should be avoided.

Appellant filed an affidavit asking for a suspended…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fountain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Bowman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  3. McKnight v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924

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