Weeks v. State

Ronnie Weeks was indicted and convicted for criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree in violation of Alabama Code 1975, §13A-9-6. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to fifteen years' imprisonment. Four issues are raised on appeal.

I

Weeks argues that the indictment was defective for alleging the possession of two separate forged writings in one count. This contention is based on the fact that the indictment contained a photocopy of the front and the back of the forged check. Weeks makes a distinction between forgery of a check and forgery of the endorsement and…