Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

The answer is: Probably. The reason why is that there is likely a discrepancy between what you were told by the warehouse manager and what the actual situation was. There's also a fundamental legal difference between 'was throwing out' and 'actually threw out'. It's akin the difference between going through someone's garbage in their bin and dumpster diving.

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