Case Name: Elijah Washington v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1958-12-10
Citations: 167 Tex. Crim. 218
Docket Number: No. 30,133
Parties: Elijah Washington v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 167
Pages: 218–218

Head Matter:
Elijah Washington v. State.
No. 30,133.
December 10, 1958.
State’s Motion for Rehearing Overruled January 14, 1959.
Victor Gleckler, Austin, for appellant.
Les Proctor, District Attorney, David S. McAngus, Assistant District Attorney, Austin, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The offense is burglary, with a prior conviction for passing a forged instrument alleged for enhancement. The punishment was assessed at twelve years' confinement in the penitentiary, under the mandate of Art. 62, P.C.
At the outset we are met with a motion to quash the indictment on the grounds that the primary offense of burglary is not the " 'same offense, or one of the same nature' " as that of passing, as true, a forged instrument, the offense for which the appellant was convicted in the prior case alleged for enhancement.
Were this a case of first impression it might cause us more concern, but this court specifically held in Brown v. State, 140 Texas Cr. Rep. 133, 143 S.W. 2d 775, that burglary and forgery are not offenses of the same nature as prescribed by Art. 62, P.C.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.