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UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A VEHICLE THIRD DEGRESS IS A LESSER INCLUSORY COUNT OF GRAND LARCENY FOURTH DEGREE (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department determined the unauthorized use of a vehicle third degree count should nave been dismissed as a lesser inclusory count of grand larceny fourth degree:

… [T]he part of the judgment convicting defendant of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree must be reversed and count two of the indictment dismissed because that offense is a lesser inclusory concurrent count of count one, grand larceny in the fourth degree … . People v Mitchell, 2022 NY Slip Op 06359, Fourth Dept 11-10-22

Practice Point: Unauthorized use of a vehicle third degree is a lesser inclusory count of grand larceny fourth degree.

 

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