Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, and indictment dismissed.
The testimony adduced at the trial fell "far short of establishing that [appellant] aided, abetted or otherwise participated in the [theft]" (see People v Ligouri, 284 N.Y. 309; cf. Penal Law, § 20.00). Viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the evidence established nothing more than that appellant drove the codefendants to a location which was near the place where the...
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