State v. Fick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

Defendant, Kenneth Fick, appeals from convictions by a jury of forgery in the second degree (K. S. A. 21-608) and uttering a forged instrument (K. S. A. 21-609).

The controlling question is whether the evidence establishes forgery. Defendant concedes the evidence might convict him of passing an insufficient fund check (K. S. A. 21-554) or of cheating by false pretense (K. S. A. 21-551), but contends it does not establish the offense of forgery.

Thp evidence establishes that in the latter part of April 1967 an automobile owned by Darrell D. Wells…