Granted in part; denied in part. Defendant may have violated R.S. 40:61(A)(3) by obtaining the birth certificate of James Wylie Simpson and blanking out the handwritten notation "Died 9-24-59," but he did not commit forgery. Information with regard to a person's death is not required for a valid birth certificate, see, La.R.S. 40:34, and defendant's deception did not materially alter the genuineness of the document or render it a false writing for purposes of La.R...
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