Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 24, 1965No. 38600PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICE, Commissioner.
The conviction is for forgery; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.
The indictment, in separate counts, charged that on or about the 21st day of September, 1964, the appellant did forge and pass as true an instrument of the tenor following :
It was also alleged that appellant had theretofore been convicted of two felonies less than capital, the first conviction being in the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County on November 23,1959, in Cause No. 22308, for the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
- John J. Breen v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Crocker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Harrington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Wheat v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Rounsavall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Hutchinson v. State of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Moore v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
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