State v. Saracino
| Court | Supreme Court of Connecticut |
| Writing for the Court | Before COTTER; PER CURIAM |
| Citation | 423 A.2d 102,178 Conn. 416 |
| Parties | STATE of Connecticut v. Mary Ann SARACINO. |
| Decision Date | 17 July 1979 |
Page 102
v.
Mary Ann SARACINO.
Decided July 17, 1979.
Page 103
[178 Conn. 417] Ellen S. Bodenheimer, Stamford, with whom, on the brief, was Allan S. Mall, Stamford, for the appellant (defendant).
Richard F. Jacobson, Asst. State's Atty., with whom, on the brief, were Donald A. Browne, State's Atty. and Domenick J. Galluzzo and Jonathan C. Benedict, Asst. State's Attys. for the appellee (state).
Before [178 Conn. 416] COTTER, C. J., and LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and PETERS, JJ.
[178 Conn. 417] PER CURIAM.
After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted, as charged, of the crime of larceny in the first degree by receiving stolen property in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-119(8) and 53a-122(a)(2). Upon the trial court's denial of her motions for arrest of judgment and to set aside the verdict, the defendant has appealed. The determinative issue presented in this appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction for first degree larceny.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict, the following facts could have been found by the jury: Allan Hall, a codefendant at trial who testified for the state, was employed as a stock clerk at Kiddytown, a Norwalk toy store, from November, 1975, to October, 1976. In June of 1976, Hall spoke with the defendant at her Norwalk store, The Rhythm Shack, concerning his stealing bicycles and toys from Kiddytown and "fencing" the stolen goods through the defendant; and, subsequently, he made a total of six deliveries of Kiddytown merchandise to the garage of the defendant's [178 Conn. 418] residence. According to his recollection, Hall received a total of $400 to $500, which was half or less than half of what the stolen goods were worth.
Sherilyn Lasper, another codefendant at trial who testified for the state, was, in June of 1976, the defendant's roommate and business partner. In the summer of 1976, Lasper overheard the defendant and Hall discussing getting pool supplies from Kiddytown for the defendant's father, and thereafter observed Hall making a delivery of Kiddytown merchandise to the defendant's garage. Lasper observed a variety of merchandise from Kiddytown located in the defendant's garage; she saw the defendant make several payments of money to Hall; and, in August, she witnessed the defendant receiving a payment of $500 from another codefendant at the Rhythm Shack store. Following the discovery of the scheme, the defendant threatened Lasper and forced her to sign a statement exculpating the defendant.
In October of 1976, at the defendant's request, the merchandise in her garage was removed and transported elsewhere.
In that same month, the manager of Kiddytown, on learning of a possible theft, conducted a warehouse inventory of his merchandise which indicated that the total value of...
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