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Woman Tries to Avoid Forgery Hearing With...Forged Doctor's Note

By Baker Associates

If one were to make a list of the best ways to convince a judge or that he or she is not the kind of person who should receive a harsh sentence after being convicted of forging prescriptions to obtain medication, showing up to court with a forged doctor's note in order to have the sentencing hearing reset would probably be fairly low on the list. Having seemingly exhausted all of the more favorable options, Michelle Austumian did just that at her sentencing hearing this week after she had previously entered a guilty plea to felony counts of forgery and passing a fraudulent check. Unfortunately for Ms. Austumian, the judge and prosecutor did not simply take her word for it that the doctor's note was valid and called the doctor, who informed them that the note was a forgery...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on March 31, 2011 (boomark / email).