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Ex Parte Harrell

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  • 542 S.W.2d 169
  • 1976 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1100

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  • granting habeas relief where defendant should have been charged with misdemeanor forgery, over which the convicting court had no jurisdiction
  • Because the prosecution should have proceeded under the more specific misdemeanor offense of forgery, under V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 32.21, conviction under the broader felony offense of unlawful use of a criminal instrument, under V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 16.01, was set aside.
  • possession of criminal instrument vs. possession of forged instrument
  • possession of criminal instrument vs. possession of forged instrument
  • possession of criminal instrument vs. possession of forged instrument
  • setting aside conviction Page -10- 1977

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