Court Opinion

ID: 9662495
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:11:03.896983+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:40.072267
License: Public Domain

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, Justice,
dissenting.
Each of the informations alleged that Appellant wrote numerous bad checks. As the majority points out, not all of the clerks could testify that the checks were presented by the person whose picture appeared on the driver’s license they were shown, and no clerk could identify Appellant as the presenter of the checks. In addition, no one could testify that Appellant was given the section 31.06(b) notice. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 31.06(b) (Vernon Supp.2003). Thus, the evidence does not connect Appellant to all of the alleged bad checks. Because the majority does not address whether the State must prove notice to Appellant, whether the State must prove all of the allegations with respect to each of the alleged bad checks, or whether the State must prove only a sufficient number of checks to reach $20.01 or more, I respectfully dissent.