Scott

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction (upon a plea of guilty) of issuing checks without sufficient funds and an appeal from a judgment of conviction of forgery.

On about October 27, 1964, defendant with counsel pleaded guilty to a complaint charging a violation of section 476a, Penal Code (superior court case numbered 295,971). Proceedings were suspended, defendant was placed on probation for five years, a part of the terms being that he make restitution, obey the laws and not possess or write any checks and not have a bank account upon which he could draw checks. For good reason probation was revoked on March 17, 1966. On August 25, 1966, defendant was sentenced to the state prison, the term to run concurrently with the sentence in superior court case numbered 303,276.

In an information filed in Los Angeles on April 20, 1965, (case numbered 303,276) defendant was charged in count I with forgery in that he did on January 28, 1965, forge a cheek for $332.67 with intent to defraud John Fairchild, Associated Manufacturing Company, Inc., Altadena Federal Savings & Loan, and Union Bank, Pasadena branch. In count II defendant was charged with forgery in that he did on…