People v. Tate

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Greene County (Pulver, Jr., J.), rendered September 28, 2004, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree.

Defendant waived indictment and agreed to be prosecuted by a superior court information charging her with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree after she used bad checks—i.e., for which accounts were closed or contained insufficient funds—to pay for certain merchandise. She pleaded guilty to criminal…