People v. Mackey

Defendant, an attorney, was indicted on November 30, 1971 in a nine-count consolidated instrument (eight counts under No. 1316-71 and one count under No. 1338-71). He was the executor attorney of the estate of his deceased law partner, Paul N. Weterbeke, Sr. Seven of the counts concerned larceny1 of estate property and one concerned perjury in an examination before trial in a Surrogate’s Court proceeding to revoke letters testamentary. The remaining count, forgery in the second degree, concerned a corporate client, Dinko, Inc.

On November 12, 1974, following a substitution of counsel on the…