State of Tennessee v. Cynthia J. Finch

OPINION

D. KELLY THOMAS, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which THOMAS T. WOODALL, J., joined. JOSEPH M. TIPTON, P. J., filed a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

The Defendant, Cynthia J. Finch, was indicted for one count of fabricating evidence, a Class C felony; one count of forgery of $1,000 or more but less than $10,000, a Class D felony; and one count of forgery of less than $1,000, a Class E felony. See TenmCode Ann. §§ 39-14-105, -14-114, -16-503. Following a jury trial, the Defendant was acquitted of the fabricating evidence count and convicted of…