People v. Jones

Following a bench trial on May 25, 1988, defendant, Martin Jones, was convicted of the offense of forgery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 17 — 3(a)(2)) for having presented a forged check to open an account at the Gary-Wheaton Bank in the amount of $649.98 drawn from the account of Essie D. Lee and made payable to “Kenneth Jones.” The check had apparently been stolen from Lee, a co-worker of defendant. At the time the check was presented to the bank on January 15, 1988, defendant received $50 in cash proceeds from Margaret Chilicki, the personal banker who assisted defendant in opening…