Carruth v. State

Benham, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for and convicted of the offense of forgery in the first degree.

In asserting the general grounds, appellant contends that the State failed to prove (1) that the writing was fictitious; (2) that it was made without authority; and (3) that he intended to defraud. We do not agree.

“A person commits the offense of forgery in the first degree when with intent to defraud he knowingly makes, alters, or possesses any writing in a fictitious name or in such manner that the writing as made or altered purports to have been made by another person, at *204another time, with…