Villarino

This is a consolidation of two appeals by Ernest Ralph Villarino (defendant). The appeal in No. 3761 is from a judgment imposing sentence following the revocation of probation in an offense involving narcotics. That appeal was taken because probation was revoked following defendant’s conviction of forgery in the case in which appeal No. 3760 was taken. For that reason the appeal in No. 3760 will first- be discussed.

Appeal in Case No. 3760

Defendant was charged in three counts and convicted of having forged the name of L. E- Eubanks, Jr., in the endorsing of three checks cashed respectively by Geno Ferrante, Gene Spurgeon and James Young; the first two on May 19, 1966, and the third on May. 18, 1966.

The check cashed by Ferrante was endorsed in his presence by defendant. As identification, defendant had displayed a California driver’s license issued in the name of Eubanks, the number of which Ferrante noted on the back of the check.

The other two checks had been tendered by a woman. In each case the woman endorsed the check “Mrs. L. E. Eubanks.” The woman for whom *59 Young cashed the check displayed as identification an Illinois driver’s license in the name of…