Patterson v. State

Full title: RICHARD L. PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 24, 1978

45 N.Y.2d 885 (N.Y. 1978)

410 N.Y.S.2d 812

383 N.E.2d 114

Opinion

Submitted September 21, 1978

Decided October 24, 1978

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, VINCENT A. DE IORIO, J.

James I. Myerson and Thomas Hoffman for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Jeremiah Jochnowitz and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice G. ROBERT WITMER at the Appellate Division ( 54 A.D.2d 147).

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