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WILLIAMS v. THE STATE.
54133.
BANKE, Judge.
Forgery. Peach Superior Court. Before Judge Morgan.
The appellant was convicted by jury of first degree forgery. He appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the verdict was not supported by the evidence.
The appellant admits cashing a forged check for $95 drawn on his former employer's account, but denies that he forged the drawer's signature or that he knew the signature was forged. The check in question was made payable to Robert Williams and was purportedly endorsed by Robert Williams. The appellant claimed that a friend, Johnnie Lee Frank, gave him the check already endorsed and asked him to cash it. However, the convenience store cashier who cashed the check testified that the appellant represented himself as being Robert Williams and that he endorsed the check in that name in her presence.
The evidence amply supported the verdict, and it was not error to overrule the motion for new trial.
Walker P. Johnson, Jr., District Attorney, Charles H. Weston, Willis B. Sparks, III, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.
Robert E. Lanyon, for appellant.
SUBMITTED JULY 11, 1977 -- DECIDED SEPTEMBER 6, 1977.
Friday October 10 22:52 CDT


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