Legal Opinion

Waythe v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 25, 1976No. 51305PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

Appellant was tried upon a single indictment containing four substantive counts of forgery as defined in V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 32.21(a)(1)(B), (1974); the punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. We have determined that this is a case of first impression for this Court on a multicount indictment under the criminal episode theory set forth in V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 3.02(a).

Appellant was indicted in an eight count indictment for four separate forgery offenses. The first, third, fifth and seventh counts alleged the commission of the four separate…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Albrecht v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Carvajal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Brinkley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  4. Brinkley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Luquis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Callins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Drake v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Gordon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Stevens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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