STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 2927.

571 P.2d 415 (1977)

91 N.M. 148

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael L. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

September 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Suzenski, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Dennis Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of forgery. We discuss: (1) discovery; (2) corpus delicti and sufficiency of the evidence; (3) scope of search; (4) refused instruction; and (5) prosecutor's comments.

Several checks, credit cards and a CB radio were stolen from a car. Subsequently, one of the stolen checks was transferred at a music store for records and cash. The police received information that defendant was the one who...

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