Bowens v. State

Quillian, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for forgery in the first degree.

Defendant was indicted in August 1979 on two counts of forgery in the first degree. Because the allegations of the indictment described only forgery in the second degree, before the case was submitted to the jury the trial court granted the state’s motion to enter a nolle prosequi. In December 1979 defendant was reindicted on forgery in the. first degree with the same two counts properly described as such. Defendant filed a plea in bar to the indictment, which was overruled and the defendant was tried and…