State v. Hamed

ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge.

_jjln this criminal appeal, the defendant challenges his conviction and sentence for issuing a worthless check in excess of fifteen hundred dollars. For the following reasons, we reverse.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The defendant, Zuhair Hamed, was charged by bill of information with one count of issuing a worthless check in the amount of five hundred dollars or more. The bill was later amended to indicate that the worthless check was in the amount of fifteen hundred dollars or more.

The defendant pled not guilty at arraignment. After a motions hearing, the trial court found…