Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tracy Q. Washington, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-02-01
Citations: 103 A.D.3d 1091
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tracy Q. Washington, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 103
Pages: 1091–1091

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Tracy Q. Washington, Appellant.
[958 NYS2d 632]

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Ontario County Court (Thomas M. Van Strydonck, J.), rendered November 17, 2011. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a nonjury verdict, of burglary in the third degree and petit larceny.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon a nonjury verdict, of burglary in the third degree (Penal Law § 140.20) and petit larceny (§ 155.25), defendant contends that the evidence is legally insufficient to establish with respect to both crimes that the merchandise he returned to a Lord & Taylor store was stolen or that he knew that it was stolen. We reject that contention. Viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621 [1983]), the evidence is legally sufficient to establish that defendant knowingly returned unpurchased merchandise in exchange for store credit, which he then used to purchase an item of clothing (see § 140.20, 155.25; People v Weaver, 89 AD3d 1477, 1478 [2011]; see generally People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). Additionally, viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crimes in this nonjury trial (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]), we conclude that the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence (see generally Bleakley, 69 NY2d at 495). Presen—Smith, J.P., Fahey, Valentino, Whalen and Martoche, JJ.