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41. Under New York law,

falsifying business records ia a misdemeanor, unless the falsification is done in furtherance of committing, or attempting to commit, another crime. That will naver be spelled out in a list of charges - not dorectly - yet it is there, in the phrase "in the first degree." To grasp that, you either need to be a lawyer or listen to one. I'm not one, but I do listen to some. I also don't live in New York, therefore when discussing a New York case, I make a point of listening to the ones who either have
practiced in New York or have looked up the issue on which they are speaking. Some whom I follow when I can are Glenn Kirschner, Neat Katyal, Harry Litman, Joyce Vance, Robert Hubbell. I don't remember which one explained this peculiarity of New York l aw - it may have been more than one.

No one knows better than lawyers how differently the legal codes of the different states are written. Cornell University (and it may not be the only one) has a database with the legal codes of all states and territories. Before I retired, when I was working in insurance, I used to have it bookmarked. I no longer do, but I'm confident it's still there.

The pint about "in furtherance of another crime" is vital to the conviction on first degree charges, so I am also confident that if you follow all the testimony you will hear about it.