Jones v. State

Appellant, Michael Wayne Jones, was indicted by the October 1984 Term of the Talladega County Grand Jury for criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. See Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-9-6. On April 12, 1985, a jury found appellant guilty as charged in the indictment. Appellant was sentenced to a term of seventeen years in the State penitentiary.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred to reversal in denying his motion for a directed verdict at the close of the State's case, due to insufficient evidence upon which to justify a conviction. Two other issues have been raised;…