State v. O'NEAL

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for forgery and the state appeals his sentencing for the offense. The conviction was based on evidence that defendant presented a prescription with a false physician’s signature for the controlled substance paregoric to a pharmacist. He was indicted, tried and convicted of a violation of Code Ann. § 26-1701 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249,1287; 1969, pp. 857,860); first degree forgery. He was sentenced as a recidivist with six prioi *385felony convictions under Code Ann. § 27-2511 (Ga. L. Cobb, 840; 1953, Nov. Sess., pp. 289,290; 1974, pp.…