State v. Bounds

Defendant-appellant John Bounds appeals from his guilty plea convictions for obstructing justice, tampering with evidence, falsification, forgery, uttering and possession of criminal tools. The court ordered forfeiture of $1,115 in currency.

Defendant was indicted on the six charges in the trial court on March 16,1995, arising out of a bizarre scheme. Defendant appeared in open court as an impostor for someone by the name of John Carroll in another criminal case and entered a guilty plea to a felony charge in that case pursuant to a plea bargain. The authorities subsequently discovered during…