Prather v. State

LYLE Brown, Justice.

Appellant was accused of five counts of forgery and five counts of uttering forged instruments. He was convicted on a total of six counts and sentenced to twelve years in the Department of Corrections. Five points are argued for reversal; however, we find it necessary to treat only one of those points. That is because we conclude that the evidence produced by the State was insufficient to sustain a conviction.

The State’s witness, Charles Herod, confessed his participation in a series of transactions involving the forging and passing of six checks in Forrest City. It was…