People v. Griffith

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. CLIFFORD GRIFFITH, Also…

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 10, 1980

401 N.E.2d 916 (N.Y. 1980)

401 N.E.2d 916

425 N.Y.S.2d 558

Opinion

Argued December 14, 1979

Decided January 10, 1980

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, MARTIN EVANS, J., IRVING LANG, J.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Brian Rosner, Robert M. Pitler and Barbara L. Petras of counsel), for appellant.

Laura Hoffberg and Joel A. Reiss for respondent.

Order reversed for reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice VINCENT A. LUPIANO at the Appellate Division ( 63 A.D.2d 138, 143-147) and the case remitted to the Appellate Division, First Department, for determination of the facts (CPL 470.25, subd 2, par [d]; 470.40, subd 2, par [b]).

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER.