ChargesTheft & Property§ 32.21(d)Forgery Financial Instrument

Forgery Financial Instrument

Texas Penal Code § 32.21(d) · Class A Misdemeanor

Cases: 28
Records: 30
Dispositions: 29
Counties: 3

The charge

Statute

Class A Misdemeanor§ 32.21(d)

(d) Subject to Subsection (e-1), an offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the writing is or purports to be a will, codicil, deed, deed of trust, mortgage, security instrument, security agreement, credit card, check, authorization to debit an account at a financial institution, or similar sight order for payment of money, contract, release, or other commercial instrument.

Published statute text · retrieved 2026-09-16 · not the full statute. Read § 32.21 on the Texas Legislature’s website

County charge wording (1)

FORGERY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT

Statutory range

ConfinementUp to 1 year in county jail

FineUp to $4,000

AuthorityPenal Code § 12.21

Base range for the class. Enhancements and offense-specific provisions can change it.

Filter these records

38 charges under § 32.21

Cases

The 8 with the most cases, of 38 charges filed under this section.

What happened to these charges

97% have a recorded disposition

Of 30 records in El Paso and Rockwall and Travis counties, 0% were dismissed or acquitted, 10% record a deferral and 87% ended in a conviction. 3% have no disposition recorded.

10%87%

Dismissed or acquitted (0)

Dismissed0% · 0
Dismissed after deferral0% · 0
Acquitted0% · 0

10%

Deferral recorded (3)

Deferred adjudication0% · 0
Other or unspecified deferral10% · 3

87%

Convicted (26)

Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea0% · 0
Convicted at trial0% · 0
Convicted, plea or trial not recorded43% · 13
Convicted of a lesser charge43% · 13
Convicted; appeal pending0% · 0

Other recorded status (0)

No disposition recorded (1)

No disposition is recorded for these charges. Most are open or inactive cases; the rest have only a plea or status entry that does not establish how the charge ended.

Outcomes are the latest recorded disposition of the listed charge, not predictions. Where a county records a guilty or nolo contendere plea as the disposition, it is counted as a conviction; a not-guilty plea alone is not counted as an outcome. Probation changes and other statuses remain separate when they do not establish the underlying outcome. A dismissal here applies to this charge, not to other charges in the same case. Percentages use all 30 records and may not add to 100% because of rounding.

Attorneys in these records

Share of each attorney’s associated records · click a column to sort

All records in this view0%10%87%0%3%28

Sheridan Lewis0%0%100%0%0%2

Charles David Popper0%50%50%0%0%2

Juan Valerio Antonio0%0%100%0%0%1

Paul Alexander Batrice0%0%100%0%0%1

Rhett Braniff0%0%100%0%0%1

James Andrew Casey0%0%100%0%0%1

Ellic Sahualla0%0%100%0%0%1

Eric D. Meza0%0%100%0%0%1

Up to eight verified directory matches, ordered by associated case count until you sort. These are record associations, not win rates: representation at disposition is not established, and multiple attorneys can appear on the same charge. “Deferred” includes unspecified deferrals. Percentages use each attorney’s associated charge records and are rounded.

Sentences & assessments

Recorded numeric components

ComponentRangeRecordsMedian

Jail term365 days–365 days3365 days

Jail term1 years–1 years11 years

Community supervision1 years–1 years11 years

Components can coexist in one sentence. Financial assessments can include costs and fees; they are not labeled as fines. A recorded term does not establish time served.

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