Gonce v. State

Tom Glaze, Judge.

Appellant appeals from his second degree forgery conviction for which he was sentenced to eight years in prison with four years suspended. He raises two points for reversal: (1) that the trial court erred in ruling that voluntary intoxication is a mitigating factor in setting punishment instead of a complete defense, and (2) that substantial evidence was not presented to show he had the requisite purposeful state of mind to commit forgery.

Appellant’s case was tried to the trial court, and he bases his first contention on remarks made by the judge at the trial’s conclusion.…