United States v. Darden

While on restriction, appellant stole another sailor’s blank checks and signed that sailor’s signature as the maker on one of the checks. Appellant intended to cash the check once he was released from restriction, but Naval Investigative Service agents searched his locker and discovered the checks, including the one he had signed, before he could complete that check by inserting his name as payee and selecting an amount for the check. The military judge refused to accept appellant’s pleas of guilty to the substantive offense of forgery, but accepted his pleas of guilty to attempted forgery.…