PEOPLE v. THOMPSON


287 A.D.2d 399 (2001)

731 N.Y.S.2d 711

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JEROME THOMPSON, Appellant.

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

Decided October 30, 2001.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. It is undisputed that defendant stole a pocketbook from an undercover officer. Defendant contends that since the credit card contained in that pocketbook was a "decoy" American Express credit card, it was not a "credit card" under the definition contained in General Business Law § 511, which is incorporated into Penal Law § 155.00 (7).

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