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People v. Gibbs

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 8, 1971
28 N.Y.2d 764 (N.Y. 1971)

Opinion

Argued March 2, 1971

Decided April 8, 1971

Appeal from the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, MITCHELL J. SHERWIN, J., PAUL A. FINO, J., DANIEL S. WEISS, J., IVAN WARNER, J., SIMON SILVER, J., MAX BLOOM, P.J., JOEL J. TYLER and JOSEPH SULLIVAN, JJ., NATHANIEL T. HELMAN, J., SAMUEL J. OHRINGER, J., LOUIS SCHIFRIN, P.J., BERNARD J. O'CONNELL and MORRIS SCHWALB, JJ., ADOLPH C. ORLANDO, J., WALTER H. GLADWIN, J.

Appeal from the Supreme Court for the Second and Eleventh Judicial District of the Second Judicial Department, CHARLES T. DRAGO, J., ALBERT R. MURRAY, J.

Joel Berger, Janice L. Burnett, Stanley Neustadter, Diane A. Lebedeff, Jesse Berman, Juris G. Cederbaums and Milton Adler for appellants.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney of New York County ( Lewis R. Friedman, Michael R. Juviler and Burton N. Lipshie of counsel), for respondent in People v. Gibbs, People v. Warren and People v. Martinez. Burton B. Roberts, District Attorney of Bronx County ( Eric James Warner, Michael F. Youdovin, Robert M. Silverson, Jr. and Albert A. Capellini of counsel), for respondent in People v. Crum, People v. Rodriguez, People v. Morales and People v. Arez. Eugene Gold, District Attorney of Kings County ( Raymond J. Scanlan and Harry Brodbar of counsel), for respondent in People v. Haynes. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Maria L. Marcus of counsel), amicus curiae in People v. Gibbs, People v. Warren and People v. Martinez.



In each action: Judgment affirmed (see People v. Fuller, 24 N.Y.2d 292). No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

People v. Gibbs

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 8, 1971
28 N.Y.2d 764 (N.Y. 1971)
Case details for

People v. Gibbs

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Apr 8, 1971

Citations

28 N.Y.2d 764 (N.Y. 1971)
321 N.Y.S.2d 372
269 N.E.2d 915

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