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People v. Downs

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 26, 1960
168 N.E.2d 710 (N.Y. 1960)

Summary

In Downs, as here, "[d]efendant did not surrender himself to the authorities on the advice of and in the presence of counsel but was apprehended" (People v. Downs, supra, p. 860).

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Opinion

Argued April 18, 1960

Decided May 26, 1960

Appeal from the County Court of Bronx County, EUGENE G. SCHULTZ, J.

Otto F. Fusco, Murray Gans and Andrew Tyler for appellant.

Isidore Dollinger, District Attorney ( Irving Anolik of counsel), for respondent.


Judgment of conviction affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER. Chief Judge DESMOND dissents and votes to reverse and to order a new trial ( People v. Di Biasi, 7 N.Y.2d 544).


Summaries of

People v. Downs

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 26, 1960
168 N.E.2d 710 (N.Y. 1960)

In Downs, as here, "[d]efendant did not surrender himself to the authorities on the advice of and in the presence of counsel but was apprehended" (People v. Downs, supra, p. 860).

Summary of this case from People v. Waterman
Case details for

People v. Downs

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RALPH DOWNS, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 26, 1960

Citations

168 N.E.2d 710 (N.Y. 1960)
168 N.E.2d 710
203 N.Y.S.2d 908

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