STATE v. DeGINA

No. 7921SC278.

256 S.E.2d 275 (1979)

42 N.C. App. 156

STATE of North Carolina v. William Patrick DeGINA.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Isham B. Hudson, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Charles O. Peed, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


ERWIN, Judge.

The initial question raised by defendant is whether the presumption in our State that one who is found in the possession of a forged instrument and is endeavoring to obtain money or advances upon it either forged or consented to the forging of the instrument, violates due process of law. We hold that it does not.

The presumption, or more properly labeled the inference, questioned by defendant was thoroughly...

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