State v. Brown

LeRoy Brown, Jr., appeals from a judgment and sentence entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of 10 counts of forgery.

From the evidence presented the jury was entitled to believe that in the fall of 1978, someone stole blank checks from Vernon Graham. Appellant Brown forged two of those checks, which someone else passed. (Counts 1 and 2).

About the same time, someone stole blank checks from the Yesler Tom Boy grocery store. Brown forged four of those checks, which were passed at various Seattle banks. (Counts 3 to 6). Brown may have passed one of the forged checks. (Count 5).

Brown also…