Washington v. Vasquez (Majority)
Annotate this CasePetitioner Vianney Vasquez had fake social security and fake permanent resident cards in his possession when a grocery store security guard found them in a search related to shoplifting. The guard called police; petitioner was later arrested and charged with two counts of forgery. A jury convicted him, and the appellate court affirmed petitioner's convictions. On appeal to the Supreme Court, petitioner challenged the evidence presented at trial, arguing that it was insufficient to prove petitioner possessed the cards with an intent to injure or defraud. The Supreme Court concluded the evidence was indeed insufficient to prove these elements of the forgery statute, and reversed and remanded the case to the appeals court for vacation of petitioner's conviction.
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