PEOPLE v. COLEMAN


74 N.Y.2d 381 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Roy Coleman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry Elgarten and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Alan Gadlin and Norman Barclay of counsel), for respondent.

Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


Chief Judge WACHTLER.

The defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of attempted promoting prostitution in the second degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 230.30 [2]) and grand larceny in the third degree (Penal Law former § 155.30 [5]). The evidence presented at trial established that the defendant had approached a 24-year-old undercover police officer whom he believed to be a 15-year-old runaway,...

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