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People v. Gilligan

367 N.E.2d 867, 42 N.Y.2d 969, 398 N.Y.S.2d 269, 1977 N.Y. LEXIS 2302
CourtNew York Court of Appeals
DecidedJuly 14, 1977
StatusPublished
Cited by36 cases

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People v. Gilligan, 367 N.E.2d 867, 42 N.Y.2d 969, 398 N.Y.S.2d 269, 1977 N.Y. LEXIS 2302 (N.Y. 1977).

Opinion

Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

We reject defendant’s contention that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the jury’s verdict finding him guilty of the reduced charge of attempted burglary in the third degree. Defendant and another person were observed breaking in the front door of a liquor store in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 9, 1975. That defendant intended to commit a crime on entering the building—a necessary element of the crime of burglary in the third degree (Penal Law, § 140.20) —could be inferred beyond a reasonable doubt from the circumstances of the breaking. The defense rested at the close of the People’s case; no evidence was introduced on the basis of which it could be contended that the breaking was for a lawful purpose. The conviction was for an attempt rather than the substantive crime presumably because none of the witnesses testified to having observed defendant inside the liquor store as a sequel to the unlawful breaking.

Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.

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367 N.E.2d 867, 42 N.Y.2d 969, 398 N.Y.S.2d 269, 1977 N.Y. LEXIS 2302, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-gilligan-ny-1977.