People v. Rubin

The defendant was convicted of the offense of criminally receiving stolen property. (Penal Law> § 1308.) On his appeal to the Appellate Division the conviction was affirmed in the professed exercise by the court of its duty to give judgment without regard to technical errors not affecting substantial rights. (Code Crim. Proc. § 542.) By permission of a judge of this court, the defendant has now brought the case here.(1) As the District Attorney says in his brief, the chief witness against the defendant was one Morris Haberman, “ a self-confessed and many times convicted thief.” This witness,…