The commentary also notes that the court of appeals, relying on Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) definitions of the forgery statute's terms, has held that forgery additionally requires an "issuing or transfer of an interest and not merely a physical transfer." See also State v. Linam, 90 N.M. 729, 730, 568 P.2d 255, 256 (Ct.App.), cert. denied, 91 N.M. 3, 569 P.2d 413 (1977); State v. Tooke, 81 N.M. 618, 619, 471 P.2d 188, 189 (Ct.App. 1970). (B) New Mexico Case Law
Accordingly, we have held that the question of sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction may be raised for the first time on appeal. See State v. Linam, 90 N.M. 729, 730, 568 P.2d 255, 256 (Ct.App. 1977), overruled on other grounds by State v. Ruffins, 109 N.M. 668, 789 P.2d 616 (1990). We proceed to determine whether the evidence at trial could support a conviction under Section 30-3-15.
Related to this first concern is whether the evidence at trial of mental anguish was properly admitted and sufficient to establish that element of the offense. See State v. Linam, 90 N.M. 729, 568 P.2d 255 (Ct.App. 1977) (sufficiency of the evidence may be raised for first time on appeal). To prove mental anguish, the prosecution relied on evidence of the victim's mental condition on the night of the offense and on Ms. Curtis' testimony concerning the victim's later emotional state and behavior.
As an example, defendant suggests that his act of passing a prescription slip to a pharmacist may be deemed as both an attempted forgery, or a completed forgery, resulting in no meaningful way to distinguish a felony attempt to violate the statute and a misdemeanor attempt to do the same. See State v. Linam, 90 N.M. 729, 568 P.2d 255 (Ct.App. 1977); State v. Tooke, 81 N.M. 618, 471 P.2d 188 (Ct. App. 1970). We disagree with defendant's rationale.
Jurisdictional questions may be raised for the first time on appeal. Rule of Crim.App.Proc. 308; see State v. Linam, 90 N.M. 729, 568 P.2d 255 (Ct.App. 1977). Second, the State asserts that any jurisdictional defect was cured by a stipulation.