Legal Opinion

People v. Swinson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 22, 1991PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Max Sayah, J.), rendered September 13, 1989, convicting defendant after jury trial of grand larceny in the fourth degree and sentencing him as a predicate felon to a term of imprisonment of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s conviction arises out of his arrest for taking personal property from the coat pocket of a 77 year old victim on a Manhattan street. Evidence adduced at trial was that the crime was observed by a police officer on plainclothes duty, and that defendant was arrested after his struggle with that officer was observed by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. MarksNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  3. People v. YazumNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
  4. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  5. People v. LesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. AdamoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  2. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. People v. ZimmermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. DurhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  5. People v. LigginsNew York Supreme Court · 2015

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