State v. Reyes

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Appellant, Eluterio Flores Reyes, Jr., was charged and convicted of the crime of forgery, a violation of A.R.S. § 13-421, as amended, under these circumstances. On May 22, 1966, the payroll checks for the Apache Distributors were made up and placed on an office desk. Later on the same day when the checks were delivered to its employees, four or five checks were missing. One of the missing checks in the amount of $66.10 was made payable to an employee named Joe Limón.

On the 24th day of May, 1966, the appellant entered a Safeway Store in Glendale and attempted to cash the…