People v. Raco

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County, rendered March 18, 1975, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. A jury has determined that on the afternoon of September 25, 1972 defendant cashed a stolen American Express money order in the sum of $150 at a Sears Roebuck store in Colonie, New York, upon which the signature of the payee, Finley Wark, was known by him to be forged. In reaching this decision the jury obviously discredited his alibi defense and, considering the nature of the proof against…