Grant v. State

Ashley Ellen Grant appeals her conviction for uttering an altered check in violation of section 831.09, Florida Statutes (2007). She contends her motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted because the evidence that she knew the check had been altered and that she intended to injure or defraud was insufficient. We affirm.

Summer Miller, a teller at Vystar Credit Union, testified that Ms. Grant presented the check for payment on October 17, 2007, saying that the person who had given her the check had misspelled her name: Named as payee was “ASHALY, GRANT.” Ms. Grant endorsed the…