STATE v. HANCOCK

No. 53218.

164 N.W.2d 330 (1969)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Margaret Jane HANCOCK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. F. Elgin, Indianola, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., James C. Sell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Darrell Goodhue, County Atty., for appellee.


MOORE, Justice.

On April 5, 1968 a county attorney's information was filed in Warren County District Court charging defendant, Margaret Jane Hancock, with the crime of forgery in violation of section 718.1, Code, 1966. On May 14, the first day of trial and after the jury had been sworn, the trial court permitted amendments to the information to a charge of uttering a forged instrument in violation of Code section 718.2. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of uttering...

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