People v. Liggett

Defendant, Gary L. Liggett, appeals the trial court judgment entered upon a verdict finding him guilty of theft and forgery. We affirm.

According to the People’s evidence at the bench trial, defendant stole several blank checks from his workplace, inserted his name as payee on one of them, forged his employer’s signature, and then cashed it.

I

Defendant first contends the trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to ask him repeatedly during cross-examination whether certain witnesses were “lying” when their testimony contradicted his. We agree the questions were improper, but conclude…