People v. Mathis

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Harrigan, J.), rendered January 29, 1988, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of forgery in the second degree (seven counts), grand larceny in the fourth degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree.

Sometime prior to February 24, 1987, a visiting nurse’s aide named Enid Walker apparently took an inactive Carl Company credit card from a disabled patient named Catherine Hamilton and gave it to Annette Hymes and Patricia Mason. On the afternoon of February 24, 1987, defendant accompanied…