People v. Ferrara

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Harrigan, J.), rendered December 4, 1987, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of forgery in the second degree and criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.

On August 3, 1986 defendant, accompanied by another white male, cashed a traveler’s check in the amount of $100 at the Holiday Inn in the City of Schenectady by forging the name "Mark Bagdriwicz” and using a Social Security card bearing that name for identification purposes.* At trial, Mark Bagdriwicz testified that the Social Security…