People v. Wilbur

—Crew III, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County (Berke, J.), rendered March 1, 1994, upon a verdict *818convicting defendant of the crimes of criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree.

In the fall of 1992, Leon Walker, a dairy farmer in Washington County, entered into an agreement to purchase cattle from defendant. Defendant kept his cattle at Galick Farms in Vermont and marked each of them with two ear tags of various colors. David Perry, also a Washington County dairy farmer, pastured…