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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

95 Misc.2d 289 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Russell Thomas, Jose Ricio, Casper Mendosa and Luis Colon, Defendants.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County.

July 13, 1978

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Erdmann and Sally Denzer for Russell Thomas, defendant. Howard Arthur Jaffe for Jose Ricio and others, defendants. Mario Merola, District Attorney (Edward Rinaldi of counsel), for plaintiff.

EVE PREMINGER, J.

These cases arise from challenges to a recent amendment to section 165.15 of the Penal Law, concerning theft of services, which was passed to facilitate the conviction of persons tampering with utility meters. Tampering has proven to be extremely costly to utility companies and "almost impossible" to punish. (Hechtman, Practice Commentaries, McKinney's Cons Laws of NY, Book 39, Penal Law,...

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