People v. Kaylor

The defendant appealed from a finding of guilty by a jury on a charge of forgery and a subsequent sentence to the penitentiary, in which the trial court fixed the minimum and maximum periods of confinement at two years and ten years respectively.

The issues presented for review are as follows:

1. Was People’s Exhibit No. 1 properly received into evidence?

2. Did the defendant at the time of the offense possess the requisite mental state to render him accountable for the offense, or was the proof of his addiction to alcohol sufficient to prevent him from forming that mental state?

3. Should the…