State v. Goss

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Johnnie Goss was convicted of forgery in a bench trial. He claims the evidence was insufficient to convict him as charged.

Facts

The salient evidence, viewed in favor of the verdict (State v. Hicks, 203 S.W.3d 241, 244 (Mo.App.2006)), showed that when Felicia Crowder enlisted in the military and left for basic training, she closed her local checking account. She also arranged to sell her car to Patricia Matlock, and for her mother to deliver the car and title after Matlock made payment. The mother did so, but did not remove from the glove box Crowder’s…