Laird v. State

Vaughn Laird was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District, Hinds County, Honorable Reuben M. Anderson, Special Judge, presiding, on a charge of forgery and was sentenced to fifteen years with the Department of Corrections, under the habitual offender statute, and he has appealed to this Court.

The appellant contends that the court erred in declining to enter a directed verdict of not guilty for the reason that the state failed to prove a false making of the instrument and fraudulent intent.

At the conclusion of the evidence offered on behalf of the state, appellant rested…