State v. Ray

The defendant appeals from a conviction for forgery. The assignments of error relate to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction and the admission of evidence concerning an earlier crime.

The record shows that on May 16, 1973, the defendant wrote out and cashed a check for $20 drawn on the account of Randra Lou Hopken. The defendant admitted that he had written Miss Hopken’s name on the check but claimed she had authorized him to do so. Miss Hopken testified she had not authorized the defendant to sign her name to any check. A book of blank checks on her account had been taken…