People v. Patino

Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Nassau County (Mackston, J.), dated February 19, 1997, which granted the defendant’s motion to set aside a jury verdict finding him guilty on the charges of grand larceny in the third degree under the third count of the indictment and defrauding the government under the fourth count of the indictment.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, the verdict is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Nassau County, for sentencing on the conviction^ of grand larceny in the third degree and defrauding the government.

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