PEOPLE v. HARDY

No. 159

26 N.Y.3d 245 (2015)

43 N.E.3d 734

2015 NY Slip Op 08369

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PETTIS HARDY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Greenberg , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City ( Eunice C. Lee , of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Jared Wolkowitz , Manu K. Balachandran and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges PIGOTT, RIVERA, ABDUS-SALAAM and STEIN concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The primary issue on this appeal is whether a surveillance video showing defendant rifling through and then walking off with the victim's purse constitutes direct evidence of his guilt of larceny, despite the fact that defendant offered an alternative explanation for his behavior. We hold that the surveillance...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases