Bairentine v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant appeals her conviction of five counts of forgery in the first degree (Code Ann. § 26-1701). We affirm.

1. It is defendant’s contention that the trial court erred in failing to charge on the lesser included offense of forgery in the second degree (Code Ann. § 26-1702) and criminal issuance of a bad check (Code Ann. § 26-1704).

Absent a timely written request for such charges, the trial court’s failure to charge on lesser crimes is not error. See State v. Stonaker, 236 Ga. 1 (2) (222 SE2d 354).

2. Nor do we find reversible error on the general grounds. While defendant…