Knuckles v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

In July 1997, blank checks were stolen from Joe Threlkeld. On July 17, 1997, Hubert Grogan, a clerk at the Circle M store called Threlkeld and told him that Melvin Knuckles was attempting to pass check no. 142 and asked if the check was good. When he learned that the check was stolen, the clerk called the police. Also, clerks at Citizen’s Pharmacy, who knew Threlkeld, caught Knuckles passing another check of Threlkeld’s payable to and endorsed by “Randy Brown.”

On December 30, 1997, Melvin Lamar Knuckles was charged by accusation with three first degree forgery counts and one…