[Turin_Turambar]

Try this one for Virginia in 1993

246 Va. 174, 431 S.E.2d 648
(1) harm or prejudice to right of another person is not element of crime of forgery of public record

[Cboldt]

LOL. That's a fun case too. Anyway, the defendant in that one falsified his ID upon being stopped for traffic violations. He assumed the name and other details of his brother, and signed papers with his brother's name. The purpose of that was to avoid personal liability. There are those pesky present legal rights, even though the only person affected was the perp, still criminal.

In the CBS/Killian case, even if the forged Killian memos were authentic, no present legal rights are affected.