Matthews v. State

A jury found appellant guilty of forgery of a check drawn on First Alabama Bank of Huntsville for the sum of Three Hundred Nine Dollars and Forty Cents, which constitutes forgery in the first degree. Code of Alabama, Recomp. 1958, Tit. 14, § 199. The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for five years, which is within the limits prescribed by Tit. 14, § 207.

Defendant was at first represented by employed counsel. In the course of such representation a trial of defendant was commenced, but a mistrial was ordered and the case continued for trial at the request of defendant. Upon the call…