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People v. Battice

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 26, 1959
5 N.Y.2d 946 (N.Y. 1959)

Opinion

Argued January 7, 1959

Decided February 26, 1959

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, EDWARD T. McCAFFREY, J.

Anne Thacher Clarke and Florence M. Kelley for appellant.

Daniel V. Sullivan, District Attorney ( Walter E. Dillon of counsel), for respondent.


Order affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DYE, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE. Judges DESMOND and FULD dissent and vote to reverse and to order a trial of defendant's sworn allegations of coercion, misrepresentation and suppression of facts (see People v. Picciotti, 4 N.Y.2d 340, and cases cited therein).


Summaries of

People v. Battice

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 26, 1959
5 N.Y.2d 946 (N.Y. 1959)
Case details for

People v. Battice

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LOUIS BATTICE…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 26, 1959

Citations

5 N.Y.2d 946 (N.Y. 1959)
183 N.Y.S.2d 564
156 N.E.2d 920

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