McDuffie v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Clifford E. McDuffie, was tried and convicted before a jury in the District Court of Comanche County, Oklahoma for the offense of Uttering a Forged Instrument, After Former Convictions of Felonies pursuant to 21 O.S.1981, § 1592, Case No. CRF-80-169. He was sentenced to twenty-one (21) years’ imprisonment and he appeals.

On the twenty-second day of January, 1980, the appellant cashed a check payable to himself in the amount of $200.00 at Herbs Discount No. 2 grocery store in Law-ton, Oklahoma. The check was drawn upon the account of “M and B Construction”, a…