State v. Rounsaville

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for the forgery of the name of the payee on a United States Treasury check in the amount of Sixty-two Dollars, the indictment apparently charging a violation of T.C.A. § 39-3-802 which defines forgery in general. In a second count he was charged with fraudulently attempting to pass this forged check at a Chattanooga bank on December 30, 1982, in violation of T.C.A. § 39-3-804.

Appellant pled guilty to the second offense and received therefor a penitentiary sentence of five years, which is not in issue here.

He pled not guilty, however, to the…