State v. McDowell

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

The defendant, John D. McDowell, was convicted of receiving stolen property under the value of $200 and sentenced to serve not less than 1 year nor more than 3 years in the State penitentiary. He was also convicted of uttering or attempting to utter a forged instrument under $200 in value for which punishment was fixed at not less than 2 years nor more than 3 years confinement. The defendant was found to be an habitual criminal and the punishment for receiving stolen property was enhanced to a life term in the State penitentiary.

The defendant assigns issue that the…