People v. Clarence Norman, 6435/03

Justice Marcus

PEOPLE v. CLARENCE NORMAN — The defendant in this case is a New York State Assemblyman and a member of the Executive Committee of the Brooklyn Thurgood Marshall Democratic Club (“the Club”). The Committee to Re-Elect Assemblyman Clarence Norman, Jr. (“the Committee”) is a political organization that was formed to receive contributions and make expenditures on behalf of the defendant’s re-election campaign. According to the evidence before the grand jury, the defendant came into possession of a check dated October 30, 2001, in the amount of five thousand dollars, drawn on the Club’s account. Although the check was payable to the Committee, the defendant did not give it to the Committee’s treasurer or inform her that he had received it, and instead deposited the check in his personal checking account. Unaware that the defendant had received the check, the treasurer did not list it in the January 2002 Periodic Report (“the January Report”) she was required to file with the New York State Board of Elections (“the Board of Elections”).