People v Ceballos (Arturo)

[*1] People v Ceballos (Arturo) 2017 NY Slip Op 50023(U) Decided on January 13, 2017 Appellate Term, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on January 13, 2017
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: Shulman, J.P., Gonzalez, J.
570141/14

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Arturo Ceballos, Defendant-Appellant.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County (Marc J. Whiten, J.), rendered November 15, 2013, convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of theft of services, and imposing sentence.

Per Curiam.

Judgment of conviction (Marc J. Whiten, J.), rendered November 15, 2013, affirmed.

The misdemeanor information charging theft of services (see Penal Law § 165.15[3]) was not jurisdictionally defective. Defendant's intent to unlawfully obtain subway service is reasonably inferred from the surrounding circumstances of his actions (see People v Bracey, 41 NY2d 296, 301 [1977]), including his entry into the subway system "without paying the required fare, by jumping over a turnstile" (see People v Barlow, 46 Misc 3d 148[A], 2015 NY Slip Op 50237[U] [App Term, 1st Dept 2015], lv denied 25 NY3d 1069 [2015]; People v Mann, 53 Misc 3d 128[A], 2016 NY Slip OP 51344[U] [App Term, 1st Dept 2016]; see also People v Pin, 41 Misc 3d 128[A], 2013 NY Slip Op 51681[U] [App Term, 1st Dept 2013], affd on other grounds sub nom. People v Matthew P., 26 NY3d 332 [2015]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

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Decision Date: January 13, 2017