PEOPLE v. STEELE


81 A.D.2d 1024 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Merle Steele, Appellant

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

May 27, 1981


Judgment unanimously modified, on the law and facts, and, as modified, affirmed, in accordance with the following memorandum: Defendants appeal from their convictions of burglary in the third degree (Penal Law, § 140.20) and attempted grand larceny in the second degree (Penal Law, §§ 110.00, 155.35). We conclude that the circumstantial evidence connecting defendant Steele with the crime permits no reasonable hypothesis except that of guilt and, therefore supports...

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