In the County Court of Suffolk County, a certain defendant stood convicted of the crimes of Attempted Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. When the defendant appeared for sentencing, a second felony information was filed against him charging that he had been convicted…
Articles Posted in Grand Larceny
Grand Jury proceedings are deemed defective
It is alleged in this action that the criminal offenders entered into a bid-rigging method with the supervising buyer, whereby the distributor company would be awarded a number of contracts to sell hardware items even though they were not the lowest qualified bidder for those contracts. The supervising buyer allegedly…
Arbitration is crucial in this case
A Nassau Criminal Lawyer said that, petitioner brings an application pursuant to CPLR 7502 (a) and 7503 (b), to permanently stay the arbitration proceeding commenced by Respondents, on the grounds that: (a) Petitioner and Respondents in their settlement agreement expressly agreed to litigate, not arbitrate, all disputes; (b) the claims…
Single count of larceny is charged
On 13 February 2008, the criminal defendant was convicted of grand larceny in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict. The defendant appealed. The appeal brought up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress the identification testimony. On…
3 to 6 years was the sentence
A woman worked as office manager for a period of thirteen months. Over that period, she stole several checks to her employer, endorsing and depositing them in her own bank account. The stolen checks were totaled in excess of $3,000. She was consequently arrested and eventually pleaded guilty to the…
Court Discusses Elements of Grand Larceny
A man knocked on an apartment door. He claimed to be delivering something for the resident in the apartment. He asked the resident for some personal identification. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the resident of the apartment left the apartment door open and left the man at the door…
Court Distinguishes between Attempted Grand Larceny and Grand Larceny
A man broke into and entered a dwelling house. Once inside, he committed grand larceny by taking away from the premises properties belonging to the owner of the dwelling house which amounted to more than one hundred dollars. The prosecutor was charged under an information with two crimes: the breaking…
Defendant Claims There was Insufficient Evidence for Grand Jury Indictment
The Facts of the Case: On 6 November 1992, at approximately 3:13 a.m., two (2) Department of Public Safety Officers at a University observed defendant carrying a dormitory lounge chair on his head as he crossed a bridge on the campus. A New York Criminal Lawyer said that upon being…
Court Decides if Defendants Acts were Sufficient Heinous to Justify Conviction
In this case, the defendant is a self-styled Hispanic civil rights advocate. He threatened to wreak one-half million dollars’ worth of damage to Citibank’s automatic teller machines in an attempt to induce Citibank to give money to several organizations. A New York Criminal Lawyer said that on the evening of…
Defendant Charged with Stealing Contents of Airplane Hangar
In this case, a security officer assigned at an airline’s hangar at Kennedy Airport was approached on numerous occasions in the spring of 1976 by the defendant, who indicated an interest in securing entry to the hangar and in taking money from the safe therein. The security officer was offered…