People v. Ramistella

Defendant Ramistella appeals from his conviction on three counts of grand larceny, first degree. Between the afternoon of June 28 and 2:00 a.m. of June 29, 1949, a 1948 blue Cadillac convertible automobile owned by one Edith Sims was stolen from in front of her home in Forest Hills, Queens County. Two or three weeks later, said defendant attempted to sell a similar automobile to Larry Corsaro, a customer at the bakery shop of Ramistella’s sister, at Flushing, Queens County. Eventually, Agatha and Joseph La Perla, Corsaro’s sister and brother-in-law, purchased the car, paying therefor $3,400—…