State v. Wieler

The only issue in this certified appeal is whether, for the purposes of the crime of larceny by embezzlement under General Statutes § 53a-119, the term “appropriation,” as defined in General Statutes § SSa-llS,1 requires proof of an intent permanently to deprive the victims of their property. The defendant, *554Philip F. Wieler II, was charged, in two informations, with twenty-three counts of larceny in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-122 (a) (2)2 and two counts of larceny in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-123 (a) (2).3 After a jury trial, he was…