State v. McCoy, Unpublished Decision (12-23-2005)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant, Monte McCoy, appeals from the trial court's judgment overruling his motion for a new trial.

{¶ 2} On November 5, 2002, Defendant and a female companion entered the Elder Beerman store at the Fairfield Commons Mall in Beavercreek. Defendant immediately applied for instant credit (a charge card) and presented store clerk Kelly Hart with a driver's license that bore the name, address, phone number and social security number of George Bancroft. Loss prevention officer Leslie Lichty witnessed the transaction on her monitor, and both Lichty and Hart witnessed Defendant forge…