Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wilfredo Polanco, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-04-11
Citations: 172 A.D.2d 276
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Wilfredo Polanco, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 172
Pages: 276–277

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Wilfredo Polanco, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Allen Alpert, J.), rendered May 12, 1988, convicting defendant of two counts of burglary in the third degree and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to concurrent terms of imprisonment of from three to six years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was convicted of burglary on evidence that he stole soda from a pushcart stored in a Manhattan garage. On appeal, he argues that the People, by failing to call the owner of the cart to testify at trial, did not establish a larceny, and consequently, had not proven defendant's intent to commit a crime as an element of burglary. The garage attendant, however, did testify, and he qualified as an "owner" within the meaning of Penal Law § 155.00 (5). His testimony that defendant was not authorized to remove the sodas was consequently sufficient to prove larcenous intent. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Wallach, Asch and Smith, JJ.