Legal Opinion
People v. Rivers
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 31, 1985PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tompkins County (Monserrate, J.), rendered December 2, 1983, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of forgery in the second degree and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the second degree.
The trial evidence revealed that on May 20, 1980, at about 3:10 p.m., Mike Donnelly, the rental manager of Zikakis Chevrolet in the City of Ithaca, leased a brown Chevrolet Citation to a couple whose names were given as Dorothy Van Putten and Trevor Gittens. A short time after taking possession of the vehicle, the couple returned it because of a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- People v. WachowiczNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
3Cited by2 opinions
- Rivers v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1985
- People v. RiversAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985