McHaney v. State

This appeal is from a conviction of the crime of uttering a forged instrument. Two issues are here presented: 1) whether the conviction is sustained by sufficient probative evidence; and 2) whether the sentence imposed is disproportionate to the seriousness of the crime.

Defendant-appellant Robert B. McHaney, Jr. was charged by affidavit with the crime of uttering a forged instrument. Trial was to the court without the intervention of a jury. Judgment was entered that defendant was guilty of the crime of uttering a forged instrument and defendant was sentenced to the “Indiana Department of…