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People v. Leff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 13, 1951
278 App. Div. 679 (N.Y. App. Div. 1951)

Opinion

March 13, 1951.

Appeal from Bronx County Court.


Judgment affirmed.


I dissent and vote to reverse the conviction and for a new trial upon the ground (1) that, on the theory of a conspiracy not charged in the indictment or embraced within the two substantive counts of misdemeanors, highly prejudicial evidence was received concerning acts and declarations of third persons not in the presence of the defendant and (2) that the jury was erroneously charged, in effect, that in order to find Sullivan and Cavalluzzo to have been accomplices, it would be necessary to show not only that they knew of and participated in the making of the false records as charged but also that such false records were made pursuant to a conspiracy that had as its motive an interfaith adoption.

Peck, P.J., Glennon, Cohn and Callahan, JJ., concur in decision; Shientag, J., dissents and votes to reverse, in opinion.

Judgment affirmed. No opinion.


Summaries of

People v. Leff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 13, 1951
278 App. Div. 679 (N.Y. App. Div. 1951)
Case details for

People v. Leff

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MORRIS LEFF, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Mar 13, 1951

Citations

278 App. Div. 679 (N.Y. App. Div. 1951)