Stines v. State

OPINION

RUSSELL, Presiding Panel Judge.

This appeal by Charles Stines presents the single question of whether or not one may be convicted of violating T.C.A. § 39-1959 proscribing fraud by the use of a worthless check when the notice per T.C.A. § 39-1960 required to create the statutory presumption of guilty knowledge and criminal intent was not sent until after a criminal arrest warrant had been served, a preliminary hearing held and the accused bound over to the Grand Jury. We hold that the conviction is valid.

The only proof in this case is the State’s proof. Stines gave a bad check…