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People v. Yarrell

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 8, 1990
75 N.Y.2d 828 (N.Y. 1990)

Summary

adopting Justice Brown's dissenting opinion

Summary of this case from Sims v. Stinson

Opinion

Argued January 5, 1990

Decided February 8, 1990

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, Francis X. Egitto, J.

Kevin F. Casey and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney (Beth B. Propper, Barbara D. Underwood and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.


Order reversed and the indictment dismissed for the reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum by Justice Richard A. Brown at the Appellate Division ( 146 A.D.2d 819, 821-822).

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


Summaries of

People v. Yarrell

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 8, 1990
75 N.Y.2d 828 (N.Y. 1990)

adopting Justice Brown's dissenting opinion

Summary of this case from Sims v. Stinson

adopting Justice Brown's dissenting opinion

Summary of this case from Sims v. Stinson

In Yarrell,Justice Richard A. Brown's dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division, which was adopted by the Court of Appeals, used the jury's acquittal on one count as a means of identifying the legal theory underlying its conviction on a separate count (specifically, whether the conviction was based on principal or accomplice liability) (see 146 A.D.2d at 821, 537 N.Y.S.2d 294).

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Case details for

People v. Yarrell

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES YARRELL…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 8, 1990

Citations

75 N.Y.2d 828 (N.Y. 1990)
552 N.Y.S.2d 557
551 N.E.2d 1235

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