PEOPLE v. BLAND


37 N.Y.2d 858 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gertrude Bland, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana Budzanoski, William E. Hellerstein and Robert A. Naidus for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Sharon Lynch Norton, Lewis R. Friedman and Steven Kartagener of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


MEMORANDUM.

Order of the Appellate Term affirmed.

The record supports the conviction all but conclusively. Only a bizarre attenuation of reasoning, however ingenious, would attribute credibility to defendant's explanation of innocence in receiving, receipting, and expending double social welfare payments. Compounding the transparency of the proffered explanation is the contradictory evidence of defendant's formal education, efforts at further education, and...

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