People v. Blackwell

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Alt*46man, J., at suppression hearing; Mary Davis, J., at jury trial), rendered December 20, 1990, convicting defendant of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of imprisonment of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The complainant’s testimony at trial of the removal of her wallet from her closed shoulder pocketbook on a crowded subway train, the nearby defendant’s initial denial of involvement and then his removing the wallet from his pocket and throwing it down as he fled, as well as the…