Worton v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal was originally dismissed for want of proper notice of appeal. A supplemental transcript has now been filed reflecting that notice of appeal was timely given. The appeal is reinstated.

This appeal arises from a conviction for giving a worthless check with intent to defraud where the punishment, enhanced under Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., was assessed at life.

The record reflects that on December 22, 1969, the appellant opened a checking account at the Texas Bank and Trust in Wichita Falls with a check in the amount of $175.00 drawn on the Reagan State…