McGirt v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The appellant was found guilty of second degree forgery and sentenced as a habitual offender. We affirm.

On December 9, 1984, the appellant entered a Food 4 Less grocery store in West Memphis and placed $147.07 worth of groceries in his shopper’s cart. He pushed the cart to the checkout counter where the bill for the groceries was electronically processed by the checker, Leslie Wheeler. The appellant presented to Wheeler a salary check drawn on the Bluff City Service Company, Inc., a Memphis business, payable to appellant in the amount of $412.21. It was purportedly…