People v. Morgan

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Andrias, J., at suppression hearing, jury trial and sentence), rendered March 29, 1989, convicting defendant of grand larceny in the fourth degree and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to 2 to 4 years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

As the female victim and a friend, visitors to New York, were walking along Broadway in the Times Square area, defendant rode by on a bicycle and pulled off a portion of a gold chain which she had been wearing around her neck. The victim immediately alerted nearby police officers, who apprehended…