People v. Mitchell

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J.), rendered on or about January 14, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree and sentencing defendant, as a second felony offender, to two concurrent prison terms of from 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Testimony given by complainant Mary Greene and her companion, Lila Burg, established that, after defendant grabbed complainant’s arm and feigned the onset of an asthma attack, complainant noticed her wallet missing from…