People v. Worden

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., P.J.

Defendant was charged with forgery, a violation of MCL 750.248; MSA 28.445. In September, 1976, defendant was convicted by a jury of the charged offense and sentenced to 8-1/2 to 14 years in prison. He appeals as of right, raising five issues.

I

Defendant’s criminal history indicates that he has been convicted on six prior occasions. He was convicted of breaking and entering in 1954;1 issuing an insufficient funds check in 1958;2 uttering and publishing in October, 1958;3 issuing a no-ac*670count check in May, 1966;4 attempted uttering and publishing in January, 1968;5 and…