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A DEFENDANT CAN NOT BE CONVICTED OF BOTH FORGERY AND POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SAME FORGED INSTRUMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Departed noted “‘an individual may be charged with both forgery and criminal possession of a forged instrument, [but] [s]he cannot be convicted of both crimes with respect to the same forged instrument'” … . People v Filan, 2020 NY Slip Op 08078, Second Dept 12-30-20

 

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