PEOPLE v. MCLAUGHLIN


80 N.Y.2d 466 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John J. McLaughlin, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City (Thomas P. Puccio, Joann Crispi, Andrew Citron and Peter A. Bellacosa of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Donald J. Siewert and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent.

Acting Chief Judge SIMONS and Judges KAYE, TITONE and SMITH concur; Judge BELLACOSA taking no part.


HANCOCK, JR., J.

After a jury trial on a 16-count indictment, defendant was convicted of forgery and larceny for misconduct as the trustee of two trusts, and of filing false statements in a questionnaire submitted to the New York City Department of Investigation. In this opinion, we discuss one of his contentions on appeal which raises a significant question of first impression for our Court: i.e., when a defendant...

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