PEOPLE v. MATTHEWS


61 A.D.2d 1017 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gerald Matthews, Also Known as Ronald Britt, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 13, 1978


Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.

Defendant drove a company car out of his former employer's parking lot without permission. The next day, he brought the car to a police station and expressed his desire to return it to his former employer. Defendant asked the police to cancel the alarm on the car so that he could return it himself. An important factual issue for the jury to resolve was whether the bringing...

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