People v. Hill

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Irving Lang, J.), rendered September 3, 1986, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of grand larceny in the second degree and fraudulent accosting and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent indeterminate prison terms of from 2 Vi to 5 years and one year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Complainant’s eyewitness testimony established that she was the victim of a confidence scheme whereby defendant and his two cohorts defrauded her of approximately $4,850 in savings. Defendant’s two accomplices approached the 64-year-old…