People v. Stavris

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered October 26, 1978, reversed, on the law, and the case remanded for a new trial. Defendant-appellant was convicted by a jury of grand larceny, second degree, in that, being a manager of an off-track betting establishment, he had stolen $10,000 out of a deposit prepared and sealed by him for transmittal to a bank. The assigned error upon which we reverse was frustration by the court of an attempt by defendant to place in evidence a prior statement by the chief—and crucial—witness against him, claimed to have been inconsistent with his testimony…