People v. Van James

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VAN JAMES, Appellant

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 31, 1979

392 N.E.2d 567 (N.Y. 1979)

392 N.E.2d 567

418 N.Y.S.2d 581

Opinion

Argued April 25, 1979

Decided May 31, 1979

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

Erica Horwitz and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Jerrold Tannenbaum and Robert M. Pitler of counsel), for respondent.

Order reversed, motion to suppress granted, plea vacated and case remitted to Supreme Court, New York County, for further proceedings on the indictment for reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum by Mr. Justice JOSEPH P. SULLIVAN at the Appellate Division ( 64 A.D.2d 536-538).

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