People v. Parks

Spain, J.P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schoharie County (Bartlett III, J.), rendered January 3, 2007, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree and falsifying business records in the first degree.

Defendant and codefendant, Danielle Croote, are employees of Evening Star Bookkeeping (hereinafter ESB), a private company hired to provide accounting and bookkeeping services for the Town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, including the Town of Schoharie Justice Court. During the period in issue, January 2001…