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2010 New York Code
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title K - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD
Article 170 - (170.00 - 170.75) FORGERY AND RELATED OFFENSES
170.35 - Criminal possession of a forged instrument; no defense.

§ 170.35 Criminal possession of a forged instrument; no defense.
    In  any prosecution for criminal possession of a forged instrument, it
  is no defense that the defendant forged or participated in  the  forgery
  of  the instrument in issue; provided that a person may not be convicted
  of both criminal possession of a  forged  instrument  and  forgery  with
  respect to the same instrument.

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