Gaines v. State

Banke, Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of first degree forgery.

Around June 1976, the defendant was hired to paint part of the building occupied by Cotton Patch Interiors of Newnan. At the defendant’s suggestion, the proprietor of Cotton Patch Interiors left the key with him one night so that he could paint after business hours. There is evidence that the defendant stole some blank checks on an account of Cotton Patch while performing his job and subsequently aided in forging and negotiating one of them.

1. The defendant’s first enumeration of error deals with a denial of a…