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People v. Pugh

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 6, 1972
29 N.Y.2d 909 (N.Y. 1972)

Opinion

Argued November 30, 1971

Decided January 6, 1972

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, JOHN H. GALLOWAY, JR., J.

Morton N. Wekstein for appellant.

Carl A. Vergari, District Attorney ( James M. Rose, B. Anthony Morosco and John M. Perone of counsel), for respondent.


Order affirmed; no opinion.

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


Summaries of

People v. Pugh

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 6, 1972
29 N.Y.2d 909 (N.Y. 1972)
Case details for

People v. Pugh

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JESSE PUGH, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 6, 1972

Citations

29 N.Y.2d 909 (N.Y. 1972)
328 N.Y.S.2d 860
279 N.E.2d 604

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