What are the elements of a forgery offence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garland, C082670 (Cal. App. 2018):
"Forgery has three elements: a writing or other subject of forgery, the false making of the writing, and intent to defraud. [Citation.]" (People v. Gaul-Alexander (1995) 32 Cal.App.4th 735, 741.) "An intent to defraud is an intent to deceive another person for the purpose of gaining a material advantage over that person or to induce that person to part with property or alter that person's position by some false statement or
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