People v. Gilmore

Defendant Norman Gilmore appeals from a conviction and sentence following a guilty plea to four counts of an information charging burglary and three counts charging forgery. Following plea negotiations, he was sentenced to concurrent terms of not less than 3 years nor more than 9 years. On appeal in this court defendant asserts that the informations charging forgery were insufficient to charge an offense for the reason that the name of the payee was omitted from the purported description of the bank check.

The counts in question described each check by naming the drawer, the maker, the drawee…