Rice v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for passing a forged instrument. After appellant was found guilty by a jury, punishment was assessed by the court at four years.

Appellant contends that the court erred in refusing to grant an instructed verdict in that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction.

The instrument alleged to have been passed by appellant reads as follows:

A check of this tenor was introduced into evidence bearing the endorsements “Gary Bolinger” and “C. R. Rice.” Mrs. Jean Gianopulos, an employee of the South Main Bank, Houston, identified…