Phillips v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Dallas County of forgery, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant pleaded guilty and his only complaint, or reason' given for appealing this case, is that the evidence introduced before the court and jury did not sufficiently show him to be guilty of the offense. Our statute requires that when one pleads guilty to a felony, evidence shall be intoduced for the purpose of enabling the jury to fix the punishment. We have never held that sufficient evidence should be introduced to make out the…