PEOPLE v. COTTO


306 A.D.2d 164 (2003)

760 N.Y.S.2d 327

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GILBERT COTTO, Appellant.

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

Decided June 19, 2003.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The scienter element under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 426 is that the defendant "knows, or has reason to believe, [the vehicle] has been stolen." That element could be readily inferred from evidence that the vehicle had several obvious and specific indicia of being...

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