STURGIS v. STATE

No. 51622.

379 So.2d 534 (1980)

Gibson STURGIS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.E. Gore, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker, Underwood, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and WALKER and BROOM, JJ.


WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

The appellant, Gibson Sturgis, was indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, on a charge of uttering and publishing a forged and counterfeit check. From a sentence of fifteen years, five of which were suspended, the appellant appeals.

The state's evidence showed that Michael Carano, an employee of United Tire and Rubber...

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