PEOPLE v. HIGHTOWER

No. 223.

18 N.Y.3d 249 (2011)

938 N.Y.S.2d 500

2011 NY Slip Op 8960

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSEPH HIGHTOWER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Adrienne Hale and Steven Banks of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( John B.F. Martin and Patricia Curran of counsel), for respondent.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge LIPPMAN.

This appeal presents the interesting issue of whether defendant's swipe of an unlimited MetroCard in return for a fee, although decidedly criminal in nature, constituted larceny. We hold that it did not.

The question before the Court, as to the consequences of unauthorized uses of an otherwise valid MetroCard, is not academic. Last year, subway ridership in...

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