Case Name: In the Matter of Diane S., Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1966-12-30
Citations: 18 N.Y.2d 973
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Diane S., Appellant.
Judges: Concur: Judges Fuld, Vast Voorhis, Bergan and Keating. Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Burke and Scileppi dissent and vote to affirm upon the memorandum at the Appellate Division.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 973–974

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Diane S., Appellant.
Argued November 28, 1966;
decided December 30, 1966.
Nanette Dembits, Charles Schinitsky and Annette Pinsky for appellant.
J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Patricia Zeserson and Stanley Buchsbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Order of Appellate Division, treated as a resettled order of affirmance including a grant of leave to appeal, reversed and petition dismissed. Question certified answered in the negative. Section 1293-a of the Penal Law, which provides that a person ' ' who, under circumstances not constituting larceny shall, without the consent of the owner take, use or operate an automobile ' ', is to be strictly construed. The statute does not apply to one who accepts a ride in an automobile, even knowing it to have been taken without the owner's consent, unless he was implicated or involved in the actual taking of the vehicle.
Concur: Judges Fuld, Vast Voorhis, Bergan and Keating. Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Burke and Scileppi dissent and vote to affirm upon the memorandum at the Appellate Division.