PEOPLE v. POPE

No. 95CA0858.

944 P.2d 689 (1997)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest R. POPE, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Certiorari Denied November 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Clemmie P. Engle, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Anthony Viorst, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge NEY.

Defendant, Ernest R. Pope, appeals the judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of forgery. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Premised on allegations that defendant forged an endorsement on a Medicaid check payable to a physician, he was charged with one count each of forgery, theft, solicitation to commit forgery, and solicitation to commit theft. Trial resulted in the conviction at issue here.

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