State v. Hodge

Otis, Justice.

This appeal is the result of a conviction for swindling.

The state claims that defendant, with knowledge he was overdrawn, cashed a series of checks by displaying a false driver’s license and by wearing a postal employee’s shirt and insignia. Defendant does not seriously dispute the facts but challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support a charge of swindling. By his own testimony it appears defendant was guilty of previous checkwriting offenses whereby he realized approximately $2,000, using his own name on the checks and displaying a valid driver’s license as…