Griffin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “In the instant case, the record reflects that appellant made no statement from which it could be inferred that he knew the instrumént was forged. Appellant was listed as the payee, and appellant did not falsely represent himself. No evidence was introduced to show that anything appearing on the check was in appellant’s handwriting. Although appellant had access to Chitwood’s checkbook, and Chitwood normally paid his employees personally, we do not find that this evidence is sufficient to discharge the State’s burden of showing that appellant acted with intent ‘to defraud or harm another.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Christopher Ray Johnson v. State