PEOPLE v. MATTHEWS

No. E023356.

89 Cal.Rptr.2d 381 (1999)

75 Cal.App.4th 1027

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Eugene MATTHEWS, Jr., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Review Granted January 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Morgan Ford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Brozio, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Larissa Karpovics Hendren, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

McKINSTER, J.

A defendant appeals from his conviction of possession of a forged check with the intent to defraud for which he was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life. We affirm.

BACKGROUND AND CONTENTIONS

In July of 1996, the defendant, Eugene Matthews, Jr., attempted to pass a fraudulent American Express traveler's check in order to purchase a woman's...

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