Charged in a single count indictment with forgery in the second degree, in violation of subdivison 1 of section 170.10 of the Penal Law, the defendant at trial has moved in a precharge conference for alternative submission to the trial jury of forgery in the third degree (Penal Law, § 170.05) as a lesser included offense.
The essential facts upon which the determination of defendant's request must rest may be briefly stated...
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