PEOPLE v. THAI


143 Misc.2d 1096 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. David Thai, Defendant.

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

June 7, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohen, Leavitt & Leavitt (Jeffrey Leavitt of counsel), for defendant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (John C. Sullivan of counsel), for plaintiff.


ROBERT H. STRAUS, J.

The issue this court must address in this motion to dismiss is whether the criminal simulation statute of the Penal Law, which speaks in terms of "antiquity" and "rarity," applies to freshly manufactured wristwatches falsely labeled with designer names.

The defendant is charged with criminal possession of forgery devices (Penal Law § 170.40 [2]) and criminal simulation (Penal Law § 170.45 [1]). It is alleged in the...

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