State v. Glascock

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} Defendant appeals his convictions for four counts of forgery and one count of conspiracy to commit forgery, arising from several checks taken from his employer and signed in the employer’s name. All of Defendant’s convictions were based on making false signatures. See NMSA 1978, § 30-16-10(A) (1963). On appeal, Defendant argues that his forgery convictions violate double jeopardy. He asserts that, under a multiple punishment unit of prosecution theory, the New Mexico Legislature did not intend a separate conviction for each forged check. He also contends that, under…