State v. Spence

Defendant appeals from his convictions on six counts of first degree forgery. ORS 165.013(1) (since amended by Or Laws 1993, ch 680, § 25); ORS 165.007. We affirm.

In a trial to the court, defendant was found to have written checks with the intent to defraud, using the fictitious name of William Truitt. William Truitt was actually the name of a deceased person. Defendant had purchased Truitt’s birth certificate and then used it to make false forms of identification. The parties stipulated that defendant wrote the checks on an account he had opened in the name of William Truitt. The parties…