People v. Schwimmer

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Wallach, J., at suppression; B. Altman, J., at trial), rendered on January 17,1980, convicting defendant, after trial by jury, of grand larceny in the second degree and imposing an indeterminate term of zero to three years, is unanimously affirmed. Prior to commencing an undercover investigation into the activities of defendant, a diamond merchant, the police were aware that defendant recently had been arrested for his participation in a large scale diamond robbery, which is the subject of the appeal now before this court. During the course of this…