State v. Carbajal

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} This ease provides us with yet another opportunity to apply the seemingly technical rules governing theft-like offenses. At issue are two questions: (1) whether writing one’s true name in the payee line of a lost traveler’s check can be forgery and (2) whether possessing another lost check at the same time can amount to receiving stolen property. We hold that the charge of forgery is supported, but the charge of receiving stolen property is not. The trial court had granted Defendant’s motion to dismiss both charges. Accordingly, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

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