People v. Piro

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Cooperman, J.), rendered April 13, 1982, convicting him of two counts of grand larceny in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Robert Galante, the People’s main witness, testified that he formed Rainbow Management Corporation in 1979 for the purpose of purchasing and renovating residential properties in Brooklyn. According to Galante, he was the primary stockholder and chief officer of the corporation. Subsequently, the corporation purchased a building which had been designated a…