People v. Verducci

—Peters, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (Labuda, J.), rendered August 12, 1997, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.

On December 12, 1996, while at the First National Bank of Jeffersonville in the Village of Monticello, Sullivan County, defendant was denied his request to use the restroom. Upon thereafter representing to a bank employee that he was a special investigator for the State Inspector General and proffering a photo identification card in support thereof,…