Pablo Alfaro-Jimenez, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction of Pablo Alfaro-Jimenez, holding that the State failed to prove that the counterfeit Social Security card was a "governmental record" as required by Texas Penal Code §§37.10(a)(4) and (a)(5). The Court affirmed that while a Social Security card is a governmental record in the abstract, a counterfeit card is not, rendering the evidence insufficient. The judgment of the Court of Appeals was vacated and an acquittal entered.