People v. Joyce

Appeal by defendants from two judgments (one as to each defendant) of the County Court, Orange County, both rendered May 9, 1972, convicting them of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgments affirmed. Defendants admittedly were drug addicts on November 5, 1971 when the above-mentioned crimes were committed. Both had police records involving drug-related crimes. They admittedly commited the crimes resulting in the judgments under review. Their sole defense was the affirmative defense of entrapment (Penal Law, §…