State v. Reid

UDALL, Justice.

This is an appeal by John Reid (defendant-appellant) from conviction on two separate bogus check charges. After the jury returned verdicts of guilty the court entered judgments of conviction and sentenced the defendant to serve not less than .seven nor more than eight years in the state penitentiary. While no motion for a new trial was made, notice of appeal was timely given.

We are furnished with only a partial transcript of the testimony; this does not contain any of the evidence adduced by the State in its case in chief. When the State rested, the defendant took the witness…