State v. Bayles

LANSING, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of the appellant’s motion for modification of his sentence following a conviction for forgery.

BACKGROUND

In June 1996, Johnnie Lee Bayles forged a check and passed it in a market in Gooding County. The check was from a checkbook that had been stolen in the burglary of a business office. Bayles made the check payable to himself in the amount of $460, and placed a false signature on it. For this offense, Bayles was charged with forgery, I.C. § 18-3601, in Gooding County.

Earlier the same day, in Twin Falls County, Bayles and another man had…