Legal Opinion
People v. Thomas
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided July 13, 1978PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Eve Preminger, J.
These cases arise from challenges to a recent amendment to section 165.15 of the Penal Law, concerning theft of services, which was passed to facilitate the conviction of persons tampering with utility meters. Tampering has proven to be extremely costly to utility companies and "almost impossible” to *290punish. (Hechtman, Practice Commentaries, McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 39, Penal Law, § 165.15, Pocket Part, pp 25-26.) The new statute provides that proof that a meter has been tampered with "shall be presumptive evidence” that the person to whom the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Turner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Pandolfo v. U.A. Cable Systems of WatertownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. RobinsonNew York Supreme Court · 1978
- People v. ThomasAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1980
- Placona v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980