Legal Opinion

People v. West

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 5, 2009Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene Goldberg, J.), rendered December 4, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of one year, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). Defendant attempted to flee from a shoe store while holding a customer’s handbag under his jacket, as the screaming customer pursued him. We find…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. People v. OlivoNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. StapkowitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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