Davis v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Charles Davis, appeals his conviction of three counts of forgery in the first degree. Davis was indicted for possessing and uttering three checks listing Steve Beeland as the maker. Beeland had closed his account with the bank and had thrown his blank checks in the trash. Davis admitted that he saw several of Beeland’s checks in the trash, but he said they had already been made out and he took only one check. When he attempted to cash that check at the Holiday Stop-N-Shop in Monroe County, the cashier refused to cash it. He denied passing the three…