State v. Welch

Defendant was convicted on two counts of publishing false checks under ORS 165.115 and was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. Defendant appealed and the convictions and sentences were affirmed by the Court of Appeals. 11 Or App 140, 500 P2d 1071 (1972). This court accepted review.

At the same time and by the use of one deposit slip, defendant deposited in his bank account two checks purportedly drawn in defendant’s favor by a third party on an account in a California bank. Defendant drew the money represented by the checks from his account…