The People of the State of New York v. Molly Levitan, Elsie Rutkowski, Also Known as Elsie Rutkowsky, and David…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division’s affirmation of forgery convictions, holding that signing one’s own name on deeds does not constitute a false making, altering, or completing of a written instrument under Penal Law §170.10.