Smith v. State

Clark, Judge.

Defendant was tried on 18 counts of forgery in the first degree and, after 8 counts were dismissed on motion of the prosecution, he was convicted on 10 counts of the offense. Appeal is brought from the denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial and from the judgment of the court entered upon the jury’s verdict. Held:

1. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the jury’s verdict. One of the defendant’s two accomplices, a fifteen-year-old youth, testified to the conspiratorial scheme orchestrated by defendant. Utilizing blank checks, the defendant would prepare what appeared to…