State v. Baker

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON. C.J.

Defendant-appellant Clarence Alan Baker was convicted of three counts of forgery in the second degree. In the indictment the state charged that the appellant:. . . did, with intent to defraud, falsely complete and utter a written instrument, to wit a check . . . thereby commit*622ting the offense of Forgery in the Second Degree in violation of Section 708-852 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

However HRS § 708-8521 states in pertinent part:(1) A person commits the offense of forgery in the second degree if, with intent to defraud, he falsely makes, completes,…