People v. Dare

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered May 29, 1984, upon a verdict convicting defendant of *867the crimes of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree (three counts) and grand larceny in the third degree (three counts).

Defendant, an employee in the mailroom located in the Alfred E. Smith Building in the City of Albany, was suspected of removing returned checks of three deceased State retirees, forging their signatures as endorsements, endorsing the checks with his own name and negotiating the checks. In November 1983, when two…