PEOPLE v. OLSON

No. 2-03-1038.

814 N.E.2d 211 (2004)

351 Ill. App.3d 534

286 Ill.Dec. 561

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Margaret OLSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

August 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Sullivan, Nancy J. Nicol, The Sullivan Firm, Ltd., Rolling Meadows, for Margaret J. Olson.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Joan Kripke, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant, Margaret Olson, was convicted of forgery (720 ILCS 5/17-3(a)(1) (West 1998)) and sentenced to a year of conditional discharge. On appeal, defendant contends that she was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We affirm.

The indictment alleged that, with the intent to defraud, defendant knowingly made a document capable of defrauding another. The allegedly fraudulent...

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