People v. Whitaker

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Frederic Berman, J.), rendered on August 25, 1988, convicting defendant, after trial by jury, of grand larceny in the fourth degree (three counts) and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree (three counts) and sentencing her, as a predicate felon, to six concurrent terms of 2 to 4 years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

On the afternoon of December 27, 1987, two security guards observed defendant and Oscar Peterson opening car trunks, taking items and placing them in the duffel bags which each of them was carrying. The…