State v. Wynne

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff State of Indiana appeals the trial court’s dismissal of an information charging appellee-defendant Brian Wynne with Forgery, 1 a Class C felony. Specifically, the State contends that it properly charged Wynne with this offense while Wynne argues that he could only have been charged with forging an Indiana identification card as a Class B misdemeanor.

FACTS

Bennett Hoppes, a recovery agent for State Bonding, traveled to Florida to locate Wynne who had failed to appear in court on other criminal charges. On June 17, 1997, Hoppes apprehended Wynne in Tampa,…