PEOPLE v. CLARKE


155 A.D.2d 283 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Berris Clarke, Appellant

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

November 14, 1989


On the afternoon of January 24, 1987, the defendant stole Ada Kleiman's purse from her lap while she sat with her daughter Orna inside a subway car stopped at West 49th Street in Manhattan. Kleiman's screams alerted Felix Padilla, who chased defendant to another subway station at West 59th Street and Broadway without losing sight of him. Padilla confronted defendant and demanded the return of Kleiman's purse and defendant gave it...

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