Legal Opinion
People v. Brown
New York County Courts
Decided November 20, 1975PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohn S. Lockman, J.
By the defendant’s motion for an inspection of the Grand Jury minutes and a dismissal of the indictment, the court is broached with what appears to be the novel issue of whether the signing of a blank Police Department fingerprint card in a name other than one’s given name constitutes the crime of forgery in the second degree.
The facts are not in dispute. The defendant pursuant to an arrest was brought to the Records Bureau of the Nassau County Police Department to be processed, that is, photo*268graphed and fingerprinted. The defendant was presented with a blank fingerprint card on which he was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- People v. Gilbert Gottlieb & 220 Crescent, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. Gaissert, New York County Courts1973
- People v. KetterCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1974
- United States v. GreenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. St. Pierre, New York County Courts1977
- People v. PergolizziNew York Supreme Court · 1977
- People v. KirkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985