People v. Dixon

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DUDLEY DIXON, Appellant

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 8, 1990

75 N.Y.2d 833 (N.Y. 1990)

552 N.Y.S.2d 907

552 N.E.2d 155

Opinion

Argued January 5, 1990

Decided February 8, 1990

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, Francis J. Vogt, J.

Marshall Nadan for appellant.

Michael Kavanagh, District Attorney (Joan Lamb of counsel), for respondent.

Order reversed and the indictment dismissed for the reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum by Presiding Justice A. Franklin Mahoney at the Appellate Division ( 147 A.D.2d 769, 773, 774).

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA. Taking no part: Judge ALEXANDER.