The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Roger C. Sala, Appellant; the People of the State of New York…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that the evidence was legally sufficient to prove fraudulent intent for the scheme to defraud and that, under the trial court's jury instruction that a false statement includes omissions, the evidence was sufficient to support the grand larceny by false pretenses convictions. The Court declined to decide whether an omission alone can ever constitute a false pretenses larceny.