People v. Pauli

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Myriam J. Altman, J.), rendered May 20, 1985, after jury trial, convicting appellant of grand larceny in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree and unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree, and imposing sentence thereon, is reversed, on the law, and as an exercise of discretion in the interest of justice, and the case is remanded for a new trial.

The essential facts in this case are undisputed. Appellant emigrated with his mother from Ecuador in 1980, at the age of 16. After graduating from high school,…