such conduct constitutes forgery under the statute. 2. Interpretation of Section 18-5-102 There are two questions of law implicit in the analysis: the first is whether the letter is an instrument under the statute, and the second is whether it "does or may evidence, create, transfer, terminate, or otherwise affect a legal right, interest, obligation, or status." § 18-5-102, C.R.S. (2004). The definitions section of the statute answers the first question for us. Specifically, section 18-5-101(9), C.R.S. (2004), defines written instrument in part as "any paper, document, or other instrument containing written or printed matter or the equivalent thereof, used for purposes of reciting, employing, conveying, or recording information." See also People v. Avila, 770 P.2d 1330 (Colo.App.1988) (<HOLDING>). The second issue is the more difficult one.
holding that seventeen missing records does not constitute improper record keeping because the fact that the records are not at the station does not mean that the records are incorrect or inaccurate holding that court erred in admitting letters written in anticipation of litigation as business records holding that records relating to a student court were not education records holding that municipal court records were admissible under  official records or public documents  exception holding that computerized drivers records constitute a written instrument