People v. Graves

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of three counts of forgery. (Pen. Code, § 470.)

Defendant was charged with forging three cheeks drawn on the Central Valley National Bank. The checks named defendant as payee, and he admittedly endorsed and deposited them, one in his account in the First Western Bank and the others in the Wells Fargo Bank. The Central Valley National Bank had no accounts in the names of the purported makers.

After the checks were returned unpaid, agents of the First Western and Wells Fargo Banks called on defendant at…