People v. Weiner

The Grand Jury, after hearing the evidence in this case, directed the District Attorney to file an *288information in the Criminal Court of the City of New York, charging the defendant with the crime of coercion. The defendant signed a waiver of immunity and testified before that body.

The People’s main witness testified that she was employed as a nurse in the office of the defendant, a licensed physician. She acknowledged that she had forged the defendant’s name to various checks which had been received by her from patients for services rendered by the defendant. The witness, when confronted with…