MATTER OF S.


18 N.Y.2d 973 (1966)

In the Matter of Diane S., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 30, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nanette Dembitz, Charles Schinitsky and Annette Pinsky for appellant.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Patricia Zeserson and Stanley Buchsbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Judges FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BERGAN and KEATING. Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges BURKE and SCILEPPI dissent and vote to affirm upon the memorandum at the Appellate Division.


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...

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