Judgment reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered.
Defendant was charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree. A person commits such crime when "he knowingly possesses stolen property, with intent to benefit himself or a person other than an owner thereof or to impede the recovery by an owner thereof, and when: 1. The value of the property exceeds two hundred fifty dollars" (Penal Law, §...
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