Jones v. State

Banke, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of seven counts of forgery in the first degree. It was undisputed that on various dates in November 1981 appellant uttered seven checks, in various amounts, at five different business establishments in Forsyth County, Georgia. Each check purported to be drawn upon the account of W. L. Millwood and purported to bear the signature of W. L. Millwood. Three of the checks were made payable to “cash” and the remaining four to various payees, none of whom was the appellant. The checks were returned by the bank, marked “account closed.” One witness recounted…