People v. Canale

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Warren County (Scarano, J.), rendered October 31, 1997, convicting defendant following a nonjury trial of the crime of conspiracy in the fifth degree.

On November 3, 1995, defendant, an attorney licensed to practice law in New York, contacted Edwin Dalston by telephone to arrange a meeting to discuss a child custody dispute erupting between Dalston and his former paramour, Karen Reilly, involving a daughter born to them in June 1995. Notably, two months earlier defendant had become romantically involved with Reilly and undertook legal…