Justice WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial on May 25, 1988, defendant, Martin Jones, was convicted of the offense of forgery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 17-3(a)(2)) for having presented a forged check to open an account at the Gary-Wheaton Bank in the amount of $649.98 drawn from the account of Essie D. Lee and made payable to "Kenneth Jones." The check had apparently been stolen from Lee, a co-worker of defendant. At the time...
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