(DOWNLOAD) "People State New York v. James Wooden" by Supreme Court of New York * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. James Wooden
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 15, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law and facts, and a new trial granted. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the first degree (Penal Law, § 155.40) for which he was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment having a maximum of five years. His conviction arises from the theft of appliances and miscellaneous personal property from Cheryl Black by means of threats. The proof is that he told Miss Black that several of his friends, one of whom he claimed was under indictment for a murder in Buffalo, would injure or kill her if she did not give the individual accused of murder a sum of money (or an equivalent amount of property) to assist him in his flight from prosecution. At trial, Miss Black testified that in February, 1976 she accompanied the defendant, a casual friend, to the Mohawk Inn to meet his friends for what she believed was a purely social occasion; that she [66 A.D.2d 1004 Page 1005]