Cohran v. State

Marshall, Judge.

Appellant Cohran brings this appeal from his conviction for forgery in the first degree and sentence to 10 years imprisonment. He enumerates four errors, three concerning the failure of the trial court to give requested instructions and the fourth contending that the evidence fails to support the verdict. Held:

1. The evidence shows that appellant prepared a check naming as payee a person whose identification papers had been stolen earlier and which papers were in the possession of appellant or a female companion at the time he attempted to cash the check. Appellant also signed…