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Matter of Torres

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 19, 1991
78 N.Y.2d 1085 (N.Y. 1991)

Opinion

Argued October 16, 1991

Decided November 19, 1991

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Kenneth Shorter, J.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Morrie I. Kleinbart and Norman Barclay of counsel), for appellant.

Stephen J. Harkavy and Marvin Bernstein for Jose Torres, respondent.



Order affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum of the Appellate Division ( 166 A.D.2d 228), and certified question not answered as unnecessary.

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA.


Summaries of

Matter of Torres

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 19, 1991
78 N.Y.2d 1085 (N.Y. 1991)
Case details for

Matter of Torres

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JOSE TORRES, Respondent. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 19, 1991

Citations

78 N.Y.2d 1085 (N.Y. 1991)
578 N.Y.S.2d 870
586 N.E.2d 53

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