People v. Lewis

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered in the County Court of Erie County, convicting the defendant of burglary in the third degree and grand larceny in the second degree.

The proof was sufficient to warrant a finding by the jury that the defendant was a participant in the burglarizing of a furniture store on Genesee Street in Buffalo, New York, on July 20, 1961. The glass in the front door of. the store had been broken and a portable television set of the value of $160 had been stolen.

Detective Sergeant A. B>. Gristmacher of the Buffalo Police Department testified that he…