State v. Jackson

Defendant was charged with the crime of forgery in the first degree in two separate indictments. The cases were consolidated for trial, and the jury returned verdicts of guilty under both indictments. .The court entered judgment orders on both and imposed consecutive sentences. Defendant appeals, contending that there was only one crime and that therefore only one judgment of conviction should have been entered and only one sentence should have been imposed. We agree.

The two forged warranty deeds which were the basis for this prosecution were received simultaneously by the deputy county clerk…