Ferguson v. Commonwealth

Raymond Earl Ferguson (Ferguson or defendant) was convicted by a jury in the trial court of forgery and uttering a forged instrument in the amount of $139.23. The court, in accordance with the verdicts, sentenced the defendant to terms of two and three years respectively in the state penitentiary.

The single issue here is whether the trial court erred by admitting into evidence, over the defendant’s objection, a “Regiscope” photograph purporting to be that of the defendant.

In the trial court the defendant objected to admission of the photograph on the ground that it had not be'en properly…