Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Brian McDonald, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-04-11
Citations: 172 A.D.2d 275
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Brian McDonald, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 172
Pages: 275–276

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Brian McDonald, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered on June 22, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent indeterminate terms of imprisonment of 2 to 4 years and IV2 to 3 years, respectively unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was arrested after he emerged covered with white dust from a vacant store carrying a bundle of clothing. On investigation, it was ascertained that the clothing, worth $3,200, had been taken from the clothing store next door to the vacant store, and that there was a hole in the common wall. The floor of the clothing store was covered with a dust similar to that found on defendant, ostensibly gypsum dust. Under these circumstances, we think the evidence presented, albeit circumstantial, was sufficient to establish defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Wallach, Asch and Smith, JJ.