State v. Brown

PlERRON, J.:

Defendant Charlene F. Brown appeals her conviction of forgery. K.S.A. 21-3710.

On March 13, 1988, a woman presented to Russ Meens, a drive-through teller at a branch office of Capitol Federal Savings and Loan in Topeka, a passbook bearing the name Marjorie Thomas and a withdrawal slip for $1,000 on that account. She was given $1,000 in cash. Forty-five minutes later, the same woman returned and attempted to again withdraw $1,000 from Thomas’ account. This time Meens compared the signature on the withdrawal slip with that of the signature card and found they were not “close enough.”…