People v. Ferrara

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Bell, J.), rendered December 17, 1984, convicting appellant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the third degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of from 1½ to 3 years’ imprisonment, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

The complaining witness contended that he was carrying his methadone, which he had picked up at a clinic in which he was enrolled, in a briefcase and that the bag was knocked from his hand, with the defendant being identified as the culprit. It was the defendant’s contention…