PEOPLE v. DAVIS


41 N.Y.2d 678 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Perry Davis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Haremski and Nathaniel A. Barrell, Buffalo, for appellant.

Edward C. Cosgrove, District Attorney (John J. DeFranks of counsel), Buffalo, for respondent.

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


JASEN, J.

Appellant Perry Davis stands convicted on charges of burglary and grand larceny, both in the third degree, arising from the looting of an office equipment store on Main Street in the City of Buffalo. The judgment of conviction was unanimously affirmed, without opinion, by the Appellate Division. The primary issue on appeal is whether the circumstantial evidence adduced by the People at trial is legally sufficient to support the conviction. We...

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