People v. Jaffee

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Jaffee

42 A.D.2d 587, 344 N.Y.S.2d 628, 1973 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4212

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJune 11, 1973

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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People v. Jaffee, 42 A.D.2d 587, 344 N.Y.S.2d 628, 1973 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4212 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1973).

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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 30, 1972, convicting him of four counts of grand larceny in the second degree, on a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. The four counts of the indictment charged defendant with grand larceny in the second degree arising out of his obtaining the proceeds of four checks made to his order by the complainant. The complainant testified that the checks had been given to defendant to invest in certain real property. Defendant, on the other hand, testified that the checks represented a loan to him by the complainant. Three of the cheeks bore the word "atty” after defendant’s name in the payee space. Over objection, a prosecution witness who is a practicing attorney was permitted to testify that such an appendage after the name of a payee indicates that the payment is for an escrow fund and is not the property of the payee. We are of the opinion that in light of the clearly drawn factual claims in this case it was error to permit this witness to testify as to his view of the meaning of the appendage “atty”. Rabin, P. J., Hopkins, Munder, Martuscello and Christ, JJ., concur.

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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 30, 1972, convicting him of four counts of grand larceny in the second degree, on a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. The four counts of the indictment charged defendant with grand larceny in the second degree arising out of his obtaining the proceeds of four checks made to his order by the complainant. The complainant testified that the checks had been given to defendant to invest in certain real property. Defendant, on the other hand, testified that the checks represented a loan to him by the complainant. Three of the cheeks bore the word "atty” after defendant’s name in the payee space. Over objection, a prosecution witness who is a practicing attorney was permitted to testify that such an appendage after the name of a payee indicates that the payment is for an escrow fund and is not the property of the payee. We are of the opinion that in light of the clearly drawn factual claims in this case it was error to permit this witness to testify as to his view of the meaning of the appendage “atty”. Rabin, P. J., Hopkins, Munder, Martuscello and Christ, JJ., concur.

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42 A.D.2d 587, 344 N.Y.S.2d 628, 1973 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4212, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-jaffee-nyappdiv-1973.

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