Olivio v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

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

The sole question presented on appeal is the admissibility of two checks other than the one set forth in the indictment. The check set forth in the indictment and the two checks introduced were from a group of numbered checks stolen from W. Brazel-ton’s auto. On each of the two identifiable fingerprints of appellant were found.

The State relies upon the opinion of the Court in Reyes v. State, 172 Tex.Cr.R. 82, 353 S.W.2d 450, and the cases there cited, and Baranosky v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 399…