Legal Opinion

In re Thomas M.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided November 20, 1979Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the petition charging appellant with juvenile delinquency should be dismissed.

*829Unlike the defendant in People v Wachowicz (22 NY2d 369), upon which the Appellate Division majority relied, appellant was in possession of no burglar’s tools. The only evidence to connect appellant circumstantially to the attempted break-in is his flight and the fact, which the Family Court Judge impliedly found, that appellant lied about his whereabouts at the time of the attempted break-in. As to the first, however, the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. WachowiczNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
  2. People v. LeyraNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
  3. People v. IrvinNew York Court of Appeals · 1977

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