Ebenezer v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted for 17 counts of forgery in the second degree. The evidence adduced at a jury trial revealed that on June 3, 1988, defendant went to an air-express company in College Park, Georgia and posted a package to Walter Omopariola in Lagos, Nigeria. Upon a routine inspection of the package, an employee of the air-express company found 17 counterfeit one hundred dollar bills. Another employee of the air-express company contacted police authorities and, when defendant was approached by law enforcement officers, he fled. Defendant was found guilty on all…