Court Opinion

ID: 3903625
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 09:33:21.491271+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:52:02.031279
License: Public Domain

The record having been perfected, the appeal is reinstated and the case considered on its merits.
The indictment charged appellant with the offense of attempting to pass as true a forged instrument. The jury found appellant guilty of the offense of passing as true a forged instrument. The verdict fails to follow the charge in the indictment and the charge of the court, in that it finds appellant guilty of an offense not set forth in the indictment. Under the circumstances we are constrained to order a reversal of the judgment of conviction.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court. *Page 294