People v. Josan

— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Parla, J.), rendered August 3, 1981, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. On December 19, 1979, a three-piece computer was stolen from the premises of Teleprompter Communications in Queens County. On April 4,1980, Detective William McDevitt and his partner executed a warrant authorizing the search of the defendant’s Queens apartment. There, they discovered a three-piece computer…