State v. Watkins

Bobby A. Watkins (“Defendant”) was found guilty after a bench trial of stealing (Count 1) and forgery (Count 2), and both offenses were categorized and sentenced as class C felonies. See sections 570.030.1 and .3(1) and 570.090.R3).1

Defendant’s first point on appeal claims the forgery conviction cannot stand because “the [Sjtate’s only proof consisted of a written job work order” that “is plainly excluded as a basis for the crime of forgery” under section 570.090.1(3), which addresses “anything other than a writing!.]” Point 2, relying on State v. Bazell, 497 S.W.3d 263, 266-67 (Mo. banc…