Howard v. State

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

Jarsis Jamar Howard appeals his convictions for forgery in the second degree and resisting arrest. The State charged Howard with forgery for identifying himself as Omari S. Russell and signing Russell's name on a traffic ticket for speeding. Howard argues that the State did not establish the element of the offense of forgery that Howard had an intent to defraud Russell. We conclude that the State did prove this element. On the resisting arrest charge, the State presented evidence that Howard ran away from a state trooper and then hid in the woods. The State's only…