People v. Williams

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree (Penal Law

*827§ 170.25). Contrary to defendant’s contention, the proof is legally sufficient to establish that the check was forged (see generally, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). The People presented proof that defendant opened an account in his own name. After the account had been closed, defendant typed the assumed name “Fred A. Curran” in the upper left corner of a starter check. It appeared from the check, as…