State v. Sutton

Rogosheske, Justice.

Defendant, aged 20, was convicted by a jury of uttering a forged prescription for a narcotic drug. He rests his appeal from the judgment solely on the claim that the evidence was insufficient to identify him as the person who committed the offense charged.

The information charged defendant with uttering a forged prescription for a narcotic drug to Abe Orenstein, a registered pharmacist, on January 13, 1964, in violation of Minn. St. 618.18 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act.

There is no dispute in the record that the offense charged took place in the afternoon of January 13,…