Chesteen v. State

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

The trial court found appellant guilty of forgery and assessed his punishment, enhanced with a prior conviction, at 12 years confinement.

In his first ground of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. Specifically, he claims that the evidence was insufficient to show that he passed a forged check with intent to defraud or harm another or that he had knowledge that the check was forged, as alleged in the indictment. The intent to defraud or harm another is a necessary element of forgery by passing, Tex.Pen.Code Ann. sec.…