State v. Baker

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The question in this appeal is whether the State introduced substantial evidence which identified defendant Bobby Gene Baker as the individual who uttered a forged check.

We limit our consideration to the evidence on identification. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, the following appears.

A representative of a truck company informed the manager of a truck stop that some checks had been stolen. The same day, a man wearing a purplish shirt tendered a check to a cashier at the truck stop in connection with a purchase. The check turned out to be one…