People v. Roa

OPINION OF THE COURT

Anthony J. Ferrara, J.

*334The defendant is charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the third degree (Penal Law § 170.20). The information alleges that a police officer recovered a forged Pennsylvania inspection and registration sticker from the front window of a car driven by the defendant. The sticker is allegedly forged because a genuine sticker has a hologram, has clear and bright coloring, and shows the word “VOID” when peeled off the windshield whereas the forgery does not have a hologram, has blurry and dark colors, does not show the word “VOID” when…