People v. Brewer

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Kleiman, J.), rendered August 11, 1989, convicting defendant of grand larceny in the fourth degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth de*146gree, and sentencing him to concurrent prison terms of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

In prosecutions for grand larceny in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 155.30 [4]) and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 165.45 [2]), the People are not required to prove that a defendant knew that a wallet he planned to steal contained a credit card. (People v…