People v. Ball

Defendant, Ervin Leon Ball, was convicted after jury trial of four charges of forgery committed on September 2, 12, 16 and October 3, 1961, respectively. He denied four prior felony convictions—charges of said convictions being erroneously worded, “Ervin Leon Ball, under the name of Cyril Hugh Pipkin, Jr.” The sentences on the four counts were ordered to run concurrently. Defendant was found not guilty as to the one count of burglary. Defendant appeals from the judgment.

Two claims of error are advanced but are not supported by the record, namely, (1) denial of a fair and impartial trial, and…