Armstrong v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment following a conviction of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree in violation of Section 13A-9-5, Code of Alabama (1975). He was convicted of altering a single $1.00 bill by attaching to it the corners of a $20.00 bill. The appellant argues that the indictment does not charge an offense. He charges that the altered dollar bill was a void instrument, as there is no bill issued by the Federal or State government which is a $1.00 bill with $20.00 corners. He cites Williams v. State, 333 So.2d 613…