Commonwealth v. Mumford

Lu, John T., J.

INTRODUCTION

The defendant, Yovette Mumford (Mumford) is charged with one count of forgery in violation of G.L.c. 267, §1, one count of common-law forgery, three counts of uttering in violation of G.L.c. 267, §5, and three counts of common-law uttering. Mumford has moved to dismiss the indictments claiming that the grand jury did not hear enough evidence to warrant return of the indictments. See Commonwealth v. McCarthy, 385 Mass. 160 (1982).

Concluding that the fraudulent letter allegedly created and used by Mumford was the type of document to which the offenses of statutory…