People v. Jackson

— Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered January 16, 1985, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of forgery in the second degree.

The conduct for which defendant stands convicted of forgery was the signing of a bank account agreement under the assumed name "Frank J. Schmidt”, obtained with the aid of a New Jersey driver’s license in that name, for the purpose of opening checking and savings accounts in Empire of America Bank. The accounts were apparently created to enable defendant to engage in a check-writing scam. The…