Simmons v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Forgery in the first degree: nine years in the penitentiary.

The appellant was indicted February 1974 by the Grand Jury of Madison County for forgery. He was adjudged indigent and counsel was appointed. The appellant was tried by a jury and found guilty of forgery in the first degree on January 9, 1975, and the court adjudged the appellant guilty in accordance with the verdict and sentenced him to nine years in the penitentiary.

The State’s first witness, Eddie M. Sid-don, testified that around noon on September 30, 1973, as he was checking the grounds and office of his…