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Taylor v. State

Evidence that the defendant delivered counterfeit checks to a bank teller with the intent of exchanging them for $5K supported her forgery conviction.

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A jury found Angela Williams Taylor guilty of forgery in the first degree OCGA § 16-9-1. Taylor appeals, alleging that the verdict was not supported by sufficient evidence and that the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict. Taylor also claims that her trial counsel was ineffective and that the trial court erred i by charging the jury regarding “willful blindness” and by refusing to charge the jury regarding mistake of fact; ii by allowing the state to impeach her with a pending traffic court citation; and iii by excluding testimony from the arresting police officer regarding statements that Taylor made to him. We discern no error and affirm. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence.1 As long as there is some evidence, even though contradicted, to support each necessary element of the state’s case, this Court will uphold the jury’s verdict.2

So viewed, the record shows that just before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 22, 2006, Taylor presented a bank teller with documents purporting to be American Express Gift Cheques valued at $5,000. The teller suspected that the documents might be counterfeit, so he took them to his manager to verify their authenticity. The manager contacted American Express and confirmed, based on the serial numbers printed on the documents, that they were fraudulent.

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