Legal Opinion

Overton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 1, 2006No. A05A2019PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

Jerry Overton was convicted of five counts of first degree forgery. On appeal, lie contests the sufficiency of the evidence and a jury instruction. Because no reversible error has been demonstrated, we affirm.

1. “A person commits the offense of forgery in the first degree when with intent to defraud he knowingly makes, alters, or possesses any writing in a fictitious name or in such manner that the writing as made or altered purports to have been made by another person, at another time, with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority and utters…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Patton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  3. Paul v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  4. Lynd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  5. Leggon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001

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3Cited by1 opinion

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