Commonwealth v. Hughes

DISSENTING OPINION BY

FITZGERALD, J.:

¶ 1 I respectfully dissent from the reasoned analysis of the learned majority. The majority concludes that under the grading subsection of the forgery statute, a “cashier’s check” is an “issue of money”. Majority Op. at ¶ 15. The majority defines an “issue of money” as equivalent to an item of intrinsic monetary value that is both capable of perpetuating widespread fraud and, if forged, would actually undermine confidence in that instrument for transmitting money. Majority Op. at ¶ 14. The majority submits that a cashier’s check is not a commercial…