Apple v. State

GRANT, Justice.

Vernon Eugene Apple was found guilty of forgery by a jury on April 14,1987. The jury assessed a mandatory life sentence under enhancement provisions. Apple was convicted of altering the amounts payable on several traveler’s checks.

Apple appeals on two points, contending that the trial court erred (1) by admitting into evidence cancelled traveler’s checks for which a proper predicate had not been laid and which were prejudicial because of stamped notations indicating that the amounts had been altered; and (2) in denying Apple his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

The State…