People v. Pierce

OPINION OF THE COURT

Graffeo, J.

Defendant waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a superior court information (SCI) charging him with two offenses: grand larceny in the fourth degree, an offense for which he had been held for action by the grand jury in a superior court felony complaint; and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, a charge included on the theory that it was join-able with the grand larceny offense under Criminal Procedure Law §§ 195.20 and 200.20 (2) (c). Because the criminal possession offense was not properly joined with the grand larceny charge,…