STATE v. CLARK

No. 772.

493 P.2d 969 (1971)

83 N.M. 484

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessie CLARK, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1972.

Certiorari Denied January 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Warden, Carlsbad, for appellant.

David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., Jay F. Rosenthal, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.


OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Convicted of three counts of forgery, defendant appeals. Section 40A-16-9, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl.Vol. 6). The asserted errors and our answers follow.

Severance.

The three forgery counts are contained in one information. Defendant, through his attorney, moved that each count be the subject of a separate trial so that defendant would not be embarrassed in his defense by the multiplicity of charges. Defendant...

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