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PEOPLE v. HOPKINS

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department.
Apr 28, 2006
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It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting her, upon a jury verdict, of falsifying business records in the first degree (Penal Law § 175.10) and petit larceny (§ 155.25). Contrary to defendant's contention, the conviction of falsifying business records is supported by legally sufficient evidence ( see generally People v. Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). The People presented evidence establishing that defendant "cause[d] a false entry in the business records of an enterprise" (Penal Law § 175.05), i.e., that she returned merchandise that she had not in fact purchased, and that she thereby "inten[ded] . . . to aid or conceal [her] commission" of the crime of larceny (§ 175.10).