Harris v. State

WEANT, Judge.

Johnnie Lee Harris was charged with forging a bill of exchange and uttering a false or forged bill of exchange in violation of Md.Ann.Code art. 27, § 44. The evidence adduced in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County disclosed that appellant forged the indorsement on the back of an otherwise valid check and then cashed it. Relying on Green v. State, 32 Md.App. 567, 363 A.2d 530 (1976), the trial court granted appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the forgery count. The court refused, however, to dismiss the uttering charge and found Harris guilty of uttering a false…