People v. Smith

The evidence presented to the Grand Jury was sufficient, when viewed in the light most favorable to the People, to establish each element of the crime of grand larceny in the third degree. Rafael Martell, security manager for the Century 21 Department Store at 12 Cortland Street in Manhattan, testified that on the afternoon of January 28, 1985, he observed two women, one in a black hat the other in a red hat, who were bumping into customers in the shoe department and touching the zippers on their handbags. Martell followed the women as they exited the store through the front entrance and…