People v. Scarborough - Criminal Case Affirmation

New York Appellate Terms

Filed March 13th, 2026

Detected March 16th, 2026

Summary

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, affirmed a judgment of conviction for petit larceny against Odell Scarborough. The court found the accusatory instrument was not jurisdictionally defective and that the identification of the defendant was based on personal observation.

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The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, affirmed the conviction of Odell Scarborough for petit larceny. The court ruled that the misdemeanor complaint charging the defendant was facially sufficient, as it detailed observations of the defendant taking items from a store without paying. The court also found that the store manager's identification of the defendant was based on personal observation and was non-conclusory.

This decision affirms a lower court's judgment and sentence. For legal professionals and criminal defendants, this case reinforces the standards for facial sufficiency of misdemeanor complaints and the validity of identification based on direct observation. No new compliance actions are required for regulated entities, as this is a specific case ruling.

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March 13, 2026 Get Citation Alerts Add Note

People v. Scarborough (Odell)

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Citations: 2026 NY Slip Op 50304(U)
Docket Number: 570030/23
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
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People v Scarborough (2026 NY Slip Op 50304(U))

Decided on March 13, 2026
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: James, P.J., Tisch, Perez, JJ.
570030/23

**The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Odell Scarborough, Defendant-Appellant.**

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County (Tara A. Collins, J.), rendered November 11, 2022, convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of petit larceny, and imposing sentence.

Per Curiam.

Judgment of conviction (Tara A. Collins, J.), rendered November 11, 2022, affirmed.

Since defendant waived his right to prosecution by information, the facial sufficiency of the accusatory instrument must be assessed under the standard required of a misdemeanor complaint (see People v Dumay, 23 NY3d 518, 521 [2014]). So viewed, the accusatory instrument charging defendant with multiple counts of petit larceny (see Penal Law § 155.25) was not jurisdictionally defective. The instrument recited that on seven separate dates, informant, the store manager of a specified Fabco store, observed defendant "taking several bags from the store shelves," walk past the cash registers, "and exit the store" with the bags without paying for them and without permission or authority. These allegations were facially sufficient to support the charged offense (see People v Livingston, 150 AD3d 448, 449 [2017], lv denied 29 NY3d 1093 [2017]; see also People v Olivo, 52 NY2d 309, 318-319 [1981]).

Contrary to defendant's contention, the store manager's identification of defendant as the perpetrator was based upon her personal observation of him, and was nonconclusory. Any further challenge to the identification of defendant was a matter to be raised at trial, not by insistence that the instrument was jurisdictionally defective (see People v Konieczny, 2 NY3d 569, 577 [2004]; People v Roldan, 71 Misc 3d 135[A], 2021 NY Slip Op 50426[U] [App Term, 1st Dept 2021], lv denied 37 NY3d 995 [2021]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.

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Decision Date: March 13, 2026