State v. Van Horn

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of forgery in violation of § 570.090.1(4), RSMO 1978, a Class C felony. The jury assessed the punishment at imprisonment for two years, to which sentence the trial court added two years for a total of four years after finding appellant to be a persistent offender.

There is no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. A jury reasonably could find that on February 15,1979, appellant stole a blank check from a checkbook at Andy’s Jackson Hoe Bar, made it payable to Harley Ray Gentry for $286, forged thereon the signature of Andy…