Schiefer v. State

CARDINE, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Jay Schiefer, seeks review of a judgment and sentence of the district court which, in a trial to the court without a jury, found him guilty of forgery as provided in W.S. 6-3-602(a)(ii).

We affirm the conviction but vacate the requirement that Schiefer reimburse the costs of his court-appointed counsel.

The victim of this crime, Margaret Buch-man, is an elderly woman in poor health who lived alone in a small apartment in Gillette, Wyoming. Schiefer lived across the street from Mrs. Buchman and, during a two-year period ending in September 1986, helped her by…