Hypolite v. State

Another old and tested rule bites the dust so some judicial warriors can hang another scalp on their belts. See Hankins v. State, 646 S.W.2d 191 (Tex.Cr.App.1983) (abolition of the necessity to ever charge on the law of circumstantial evidence); Ex Parte McWilliams, 634 S.W.2d 815 (Tex.Cr.App.1982) (opinion on State’s motion for rehearing) (abolition of the carving doctrine); Faulder v. Hill, 612 S.W.2d 512 (Tex.Cr.App.1981) (authorizing the right of the State to appeal in certain circumstances despite constitutional and statutory prohibitions).

Appeal is here taken from a forgery by…