People v. Van Horn

Defendant appeals by leave granted an order of the Livingston County Circuit Court denying his motion to quash an information charging him with forgery, MCL 750.248; MSA 28.445.

Defendant was the nephew of Joseph C. Daly. On October 30, 1978, defendant signed his uncle’s name on a bank withdrawal slip and had all of the funds in his uncle’s savings account removed and transferred into a new account which, defendant opened using his uncle’s name. Defendant’s uncle died on November 4, 1978. On May 4, 1979, defendant signed his uncle’s name on a withdrawal slip and removed $12,263.75 from the new…