Case Name: Lloyd Snell Reid v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1962-01-24
Citations: 171 Tex. Crim. 678
Docket Number: Nos. 34,184, 34,185, 34,186
Parties: Lloyd Snell Reid v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 678–679

Head Matter:
Lloyd Snell Reid v. State
Nos. 34,184, 34,185, 34,186.
January 24, 1962
Appellant represented himself.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Judge.
The offenses are passing forged instruments; the punishment in each, 7 years.
Appellant was convicted upon his plea of guilty in each case before the trial judge, without the intervention of a jury.
Article 996, V.A.P.C., which denounces the offense with which appellant was charged, provides that the punishment for a violation thereof shall be confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years.
The punishment assessed in these cases is not authorized by the statute, and they must be reversed and remanded. Ex parte Willis, 158 Tex. Cr. Rep. 333, 255 S.W. 2d 510.
It is so ordered.