PEOPLE v. GRAY (2026)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lawrence GRAY, Defendant–Appellant.

7301

Decided: October 20, 2026

Webber, J.P., Kennedy, Gesmer, Michael, Chan, JJ.

Zampogna, P.C., Orangeville (Christopher A. Zampogna of counsel), for appellant. Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., District Attorney, New York (John T. Hughes of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Althea E. Drysdale, J.), rendered April 1, 2025, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of scheme to defraud in the first degree and sentencing him to time served, unanimously affirmed.

The People proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Supreme Court had territorial jurisdiction over defendant's case (see People v. McLaughlin, 80 N.Y.2d 466, 469, 591 N.Y.S.2d 966, 606 N.E.2d 1357 [1992] ). Defendant admitted during the plea allocution that he engaged in a course of conduct that included consigning stolen items to be sold in a New York auction house (see Penal Law § 190.65[1][b]; CPL 20.20[1][a]; see People v. Taylor, 304 A.D.2d 434, 436, 758 N.Y.S.2d 634 [1st Dept. 2003], lv denied 100 N.Y.2d 566, 763 N.Y.S.2d 824, 795 N.E.2d 50 [2003] ).

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