People v. O'Connor

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Belli, J.), rendered September 12, 1996, convicting him of grand larceny in the third degree (two counts) and scheme to defraud in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Where, as here, time is not a substantive element of the crime charged (see, Penal Law §§ 190.60, 190.65), the indictment is legally sufficient if the time span alleged therein is not so lengthy that it prevents the preparation of an adequate defense, and not so excessive as to be…