State v. Joseph Little

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

The defendant-appellant, Joseph E. Little, was convicted by a jury on three separate counts of second degree forgery. He was charged in two counts with issuing forged checks contrary to K. S. A. 21-609 and in a third count with possession of forged checks contrary to K. S. A. 21-610. Defendant was sentenced as an habitual criminal under K. S. A. 21-107a by reason of three prior felony convictions.

The state’s evidence established that defendant and his brother John were in Meade, Kansas, on May 13, 1966. Defendant was driving his white…