Pitcock v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is passing as true a forged instrument; the punishment, five years.

The appeal is from a conviction upon a plea of guilty before the court.

The indictment alleged the passing of a forged draft for $59.52 drawn on Houston National Bank, signed Leon Morrison, 1326 Gray, payable to Battlesteins. The draft was alleged to have been passed to Delbert Washington.

Art. 12 V.A.C.C.P. provides in part “in no event shall a person charged be convicted upon his plea of guilty without sufficient evidence to support the same.”

Being advised as to the necessity of evidence being heard…