2019 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title K - Offenses Involving Fraud
Article 170 - Forgery and Related Offenses
170.35 - Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument; No Defense.

Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 170.35 (2019)
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§ 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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