People v. Mayo

Fuchsberg, J. (dissenting).

The issue is whether the evidence adduced before the Grand Jury was sufficient to sustain an indictment for grand larceny second degree of defendant Ann Mayo who for eight years had been employed by the New York State Thruway Authority as a toll collector at the Tappan Zee Bridge. The County Court dismissed the indictment; the Appellate Division reinstated it by a divided court.

Cars approaching toll booths obtained passage in any of three ways: by cash, credit or commutation tickets, the last involving stubs detached from booklets when presented by motorists. For…