Gresham v. State

RATLIFF, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Donnie Perry Gresham appeals from a conviction of forgery, a class C felony,1 pursuant to the verdict rendered following trial by jury. Gresham was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for a fixed term of five (5) years.2

We reverse and remand for a new trial.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The facts as gleaned from the evidence most favorable to the State show that on ' September 29, 1979, Gresham presented a check payable to one Paul R. Toulson and purportedly drawn by Herbert Joseph Owens to a teller at the Terre Haute Savings Bank, requesting cash for the…