People v. Ippolito

OPINION OF THE COURT

Read, J.

At some point in 2003, Katherine M. L., who was in her mid-80s, was steered to defendant Gerard Ippolito, an accountant, to help her deal with delinquent property taxes on her Rochester residence. On June 27th of that year, she executed a statutory *618short-form durable general power of attorney (the POA), which granted Ippolito unlimited powers to act in her “NAME, PLACE AND STEAD in any way which [she herself] could do, if [she] were personally present... to the extent that [she was] permitted by law to act through an agent” with respect to a long list of subjects,…