State v. Smith

Alisa L. Smith was convicted of four counts of forgery. Only count 1 is in issue on this appeal.

Smith obtained a blank check belonging to her grandmother. Without her grandmother's authority, she filled in an amount, $225, in both numbers and letters. She also filled in her own name as payee. She endorsed the back of the check by signing her own name, Alisa Smith.

On the face of the check, in the lower right-hand corner, there was a line for the signature of the drawer. Smith left that line blank.

Smith cashed the unsigned check at a delicatessen. When the bank refused to honor it, the…