STATE v. THOMAS

No. KA 1633.

454 So.2d 833 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Teddy THOMAS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Mary Charlotte McMullan, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and WILLIAMS, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of forgery in violation of R.S. 14:72 and sentenced to ten years at hard labor on each count to run concurrently.

In early August, 1982, Giwena Patin's automobile was burglarized and her checkbook, stolen. On August 17 defendant attempted to cash a check payable to his order drawn by Patin on the account. The bank teller refused to cash the check because he noticed that initials on the check purporting to...

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