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PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

95 N.Y.2d 179 (2000)

733 N.E.2d 220

711 N.Y.S.2d 148

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DONALD ROBINSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew E. Abraham, New York City, and M. Sue Wycoff for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Floyd R. Engelhardt and Theresa A. Foudy of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the auto stripping statute, which prohibits the removal or intentional destruction or defacing of any part of a vehicle, encompasses defendant's conduct of breaking a car window in order to steal property within the vehicle. We conclude that it does.

On October 12, 1995, at approximately 9:00 A.M., Police Officer Joseph...

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