Ex parte State of Alabama (In re: State of Alabama v. Shekelia Katrice Wilson) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CC-14-295)

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• a genuine document signed by an agent acting outside his authority does not fall within the common law definition of forgery
• \We recognize that it is not necessary to resort to legislative history when statutory language is unambiguous.\
• a genuine document signed by an agent acting outside his authority does not fall within the common law definition of forgery
• con- cluding, after a lengthy analysis, that “forgery at common law depends on genuineness of execution, and does not extend to an agent’s false assertion of authority to act on behalf of his principal”

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