State v. Culver

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Esther Mae Culver was charged and found guilty of the crime of violating A.R.S. § 13-311, 1 “Obtaining money or property by bogus check or other means, a felony.”

At the trial the proof established that Esther Mae Culver attempted to pass a check made payable to her as payee and that she knew that the account on which the check was drawn had been closed at the hank at the time the check was drawn and uttered. Her motions for directed verdict of not guilty and for dismissal were based upon the point that she should not have been charged under A.R.S. § 13-311, hut rather…