Legal Opinion

Cortez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 18, 1958No. 29767PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is passing as true a forged instrument, with two prior convictions of felonies less than capital alleged for enhancement under Article 63, Vernon’s Ann. P.C.; the punishment, life.

The State, through her district attorney, confesses error, and we agree. The indictments in the prior convictions were not introduced in evidence, and there is an absence of any showing that each of the prior convictions was subsequent in point of time to the commission of the prior offenses. Wood v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 311 S.W.2d 409, and Simpson v. State, 155 Tex.Cr.R. 228,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. Simpson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. Wheat v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  4. Andrews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  5. Haines v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965

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