State v. Fischer

The State appeals from a pretrial order dismissing an information charging Robert Michael Fischer with forgery. The information was filed by the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office on February 3, 1984. On the same day, the State filed an affidavit of probable cause in support of the information. The affidavit stated that on February 14, 1981, Fischer presented a check in the amount of $9,303.88, not made payable to Fischer but endorsed by the payee. Fischer told a car salesman that the payee had signed the check over to him as compensation for some items he had sold to her; however, the…