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People v. Mahboubian

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 15, 1989PublishedCited by 434 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*180OPINION OF THE COURT

Kaye, J.

In a case involving a staged theft of Persian antiquities, with the objective of recovering $18.5 million in insurance proceeds, the central issues on appeal are. whether joint trial of the two defendants was proper, and whether the acts charged amounted to attempted grand larceny and burglary.

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Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People, the proof was sufficient to show that the defendants entered into a conspiracy to stage a burglary of defendant Houshang Mahboubian’s collection of gold and silver Persian antiquities. Three art experts…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. Cruz v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. People v. BornholdtNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
  4. People v. MackeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. People v. . SullivanNew York Court of Appeals · 1903

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3Cited by434 opinions

  1. People v. AcostaNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  2. People v. LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. United States v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
  4. People v. CardwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. People v. FinchNew York Court of Appeals · 2014

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