Brooke Astor on December 17, 2002. (file/credit: Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images)Brooke Astor on December 17, 2002. (file/credit: Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images)
Anthony Marshall was convicted in 2009 for trying to steal $60 million from his mother. The long appeals process gave Marshall four years of freedom following his conviction for grand larceny.
He now faces a one- to three-year term in prison, the minimum sentence for the crime.
As WCBS 880’s Irene Cornell reported, a five-judge appeals panel found that the evidence fully supported the jury’s finding that Marshall forged Astor’s signature on her last will in order to steal nearly $6 million that she’d intended for charities, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Marshall was in a wheelchair in the last court hearing on his appeal and begged the court to spare him jail time due to his age, ill health and lack of criminal history.