STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 5411.

237 P.2d 591 (1951)

55 N.M. 560

STATE v. LOPEZ.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAtee & Toulouse, and Serenea H. Green, all of Albuquerque, for appellant.

Joe L. Martinez, Atty. Gen., Hilario Rubio, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SADLER, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of uttering a forged instrument, to-wit, a check, and sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary. 1941 Comp. § 41-2002. He prosecutes this appeal from the sentence so pronounced upon him.

The check involved was made payable to one Willie Maldonado, or bearer, in the sum of fifty three ($53.00) dollars, purportedly signed by a Leroy B. Mills and drawn on First National Bank in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The...

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