State v. Brown

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions for uttering a forged instrument, attempting to obtain property by false pretenses, and obtaining the status of habitual felon. As the State failed to present substantial evidence of forgery, we vacate defendant’s convictions.

I. Background

The State’s evidence tended to show that on 17 February 2009, Ms. Alice Bolder was working as a teller in the drive-thru at Fifth Third Bank in Kannapolis, North Carolina when she was given a check made out to defendant that “looked very strange.” Ms. Bolder notified her supervisor who called the police.…