Dodson v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

In a two-count indictment the Sevier County grand jury charged the defendants, James Dodson and James Burnette, with forgery and with passing a forged instrument, a counterfeit cashier’s check. At the close of the state’s proof on their trial, the district attorney general moved to dismiss the forgery count. This was granted. The jury found both guilty under the remaining count for passing a forged instrument and fixed the punishment of each at five years in the penitentiary. In overruling the motion for a new trial, the trial judge entered judgment sentencing…