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Atrial Angel and Ana Andrade testified that they had never met Rosario, used her service or authorized her or anyone else to endorse their check. Rios, the prosecution's chief witness, testified that Rosario had given him the Andrade check, which had been endorsed, along with a form of identification of the payee. Rosario asked Rios to _ cash the check, informing him that the payee did not have _ abank account and therefore could not cash the check. (Apparently, Rios had a substantial amount of cash in a safe in the office due to a $20,000 personal injury settlement.) 1. Because Rosario does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence with regard to Count 2, relating to the Vitiello check, we will not discuss the proof offered at trial with regard to that count. Rios further testified that he had not met the persons whom Rosario told him had given her the check. Indeed, Rios stated that he "didn't even see the people." App. at 47A. According to Rios, he took the Andrade check from Rosario, photocopied the identification and gave Rosario the cash, less a $20 fee. Rios stated that he did not actually see http://vis.law.vill.edu/locator/3d/July1997/97a1636p.htm Page 5 of 29 5/10/2005