Coatney v. State

272 So.2d 593 (1973)

Edward Franklin COATNEY, alias

v.

STATE.

7 Div. 186.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

January 23, 1973.

Hubert H. Wright, Gadsden, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Don C. Dickert, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

RICHARD P. EMMET, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was indicted for the offense of forgery in the first degree, and upon his conviction received a sentence of five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

I

The evidence shows the defendant presented a bank check to the manager of Picway Shoe Mart in the City of Gadsden on the 4th day of October, 1971, in…