After Dillard gave a check to the cashier, Clegg obtained the check and called the bank to verify that those funds were available. Based on information he received, Clegg asked Dillard to accompany him to discuss the check. A Chesterfield County police officer, J.W. DeVivo, testified that Dillard told him that a friend had given him the check. The trial judge convicted Dillard of forging the check and uttering it. This appeal followed.
Forgery is a common law crime in Virginia . . .
Dillard contends the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for forgery because no evidence proved that Brereton did not write the check. He argues that the evidence did not prove the check was not complete when he received it. We disagree that the evidence failed to prove a forgery. Dillard admitted to the officer that the check was stolen. Although the evidence did not prove Dillard forged Brereton's signature, the testimony of Clegg proved that Dillard wrote something on the check.