Harper v. State

BROOM, Justice,

for the Court:

Check forgery is the offense for which the defendant, Lindsey Harper, was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. Sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment with five years suspended, he appeals contending that (1) the indictment charged no crime, (2) his motion for continuance was erroneously overruled, and (3) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict of guilty. We affirm.

Briefly stated, the facts are as follows. On October 22,1979, the defendant presented to First National Bank in Jackson, Mississippi, a check…