Angel v. State

Defendant-appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of uttering a forged instrument, to-wit: a check. The trial court pronounced sentence and appellant timely filed his motion to correct errors, which was overruled by the court and this appeal follows.

The facts are that when Beulah Gibson went to her mailbox on November 3, 1971, to pick up her monthly social security check, she found that her mailbox had been broken into and her check was missing. She testified that the postman had stated that he had left her social security check in her mailbox on the day in question. She further…