Case ID: tex-crim_99/html/0188-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "MORROW, Presiding Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

H. G. Phillips v. The State.
    No. 9079.
    Delivered February 4, 1925.
    Forgery — Plea of Guilty — Evidence Sufficient.
    Where a plea of guilty has been entered, the inadequacy of tbe evidence to show guilt is not available, unless it shows that the accused is innocent. Appellant’s guilt in this case' is clearly shown, and the cause is affirmed.
    Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas County. Tried below before the Hon. Grover C. Adams, Special Judge.
    Appeal from a conviction for forgery; penalty, two years in the penitentiary.
    No brief filed for appellant.
    
      Shelby S. Cox, District Attorney, William McCraw, Assistant District Attorney, of Dallas, Tom Garrard, State’s Attorney, and Grover C. Morris, Assistant State’s Attoney, for the State.
   MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is forgery; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

The indictment is regular. A plea of guilty was entered. There is no complaint of the procedure. The court heard evidence, the sufficiency of which to show the appellant’s guilt is. challenged. This position cannot be sustained. See Doans v. State, 36 Texas Crim. Rep., 368; Gipsom v. State, 86 Texas Crim. Rep., 364.

A plea of guilty having been entered, the inadequacy of the evidence to show guilt is not available unless it is such that it shows the accused to be innocent. Duncan v. State, 86 Texas Crim. Rep., 191; Grandberry v. State, 86 Texas Crim. Rep., 233; Taylor v. State, 88 Texas Crim. Rep., 475; Hardin v. State, 88 Texas Crim. Rep., 495; Connally v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 285; Garcia v. State, 91 Texas Crim. Rep., 10.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.