Martin v. United States

Appellants challenge their convictions for forgery and uttering on the grounds that their acts of signing their own names to blank money orders known by them to have been stolen do not constitute forgery within the meaning of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-1401. 1

There was evidence that on the evening of November 6, 1978, a young woman purchased two American Express money orders from a Peoples Drug Store in the amounts of $73.09 and $36.00 respectively. En route to her home she was robbed and her purse containing the money orders and approximately $1800.00 worth of travelers checks was taken. The money…