STATE v. JENKINS

No. 22722.

466 S.E.2d 471 (1995)

195 W.Va. 620

STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. Elizabeth Ladybird JENKINS, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. O'Brien, Buckhannon, for Appellant.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Dawn E. Warfield, Deputy Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellee.


McHUGH, Chief Justice:

The appellant, Elizabeth Ladybird Jenkins, appeals the October 14, 1994 order of the Circuit Court of Lewis County which sentenced her to one to ten years in the West Virginia Penitentiary after she was convicted by a jury of uttering a forged check in violation of W.Va.Code, 61-4-5 [1961].1 For reasons stated below, we reverse the appellant's conviction and grant...

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