Legal Opinion
State v. Haislip
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 9, 1970No. 40491PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinley, J.
Jesse Haislip was charged and convicted of two counts of forgery. He was also subsequently charged with being a habitual criminal. He was found guilty as charged and sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals from these judgments and the sentence imposed.
Both counts of forgery involved checks for $20, payable to cash from the account of Delbert Freeman in the Northwestern Commercial Bank in Bellingham, Washington. Haislip had been a friend of Freeman and on one occasion accompanied Freeman to the trailer where Freeman lived. It is not questioned that the defendant had the opportunity to…
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