Woody v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of burglary and forgery. He was sentenced to eight years, to serve five.

The evidence showed that thirty payroll checks and a check writing machine were stolen from a business establishment in Avalon. On that same night two men drove up to a local convenience store in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo automobile. Defendant exited from the passenger side and entered the store. He attempted to cash a payroll check made out to a Ray Sims, but the store clerk refused because defendant could not produce any identification. The two men then drove away.…