Legal Opinion
In re Knoll
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 14, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
On March 2, 1992, in the United States District Court for *137the Western District of New York, at Buffalo, the respondent was convicted, upon a jury verdict, of filing false statements in a bankruptcy proceeding and making a false statement to the Department of Justice in violation of 18 USC §§ 152 and 1001.
We find that the Federal felonies are essentially similar to New York Penal Law § 175.35, offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, a class E felony. Both the Federal statute and the New York statute require presentation of a false instrument to a branch…
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