People v. Jordan

*620OPINION OF THE COURT

Susan M. Capeci, J.

A hearing was held on July 20, 2010 on the defendant’s request to enter the judicial diversion program, as codified in CPL article 216. The defendant has been charged in a 23-count indictment with 21 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree, one count of grand larceny in the third degree and one count of scheme to defraud in the first degree. Both the People and defense counsel have submitted post-hearing memoranda of law on the issue of the defendant’s eligibility for judicial diversion.

The People argue that the defendant…