People v. Richette

Chief Judge Fuld.

The defendant was indicted for, and convicted of, the crime of grand larceny in the second degree in connection with a robbery perpetrated against the employees of Posner Laboratories, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of human wigs in Corona, Queens. The Appellate Division affirmed his conviction by a divided vote, and the appeal is before this court by permission of one of the dissenting justices. The principal question posed is whether the trial judge erred in refusing the defendant’s request to instruct the jurors that they might find him guilty of the crime of…