Opinion
Argued April 25, 1980
Decided June 5, 1980
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, ERNST H. ROSENBERGER, J.
Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Carol Ethridge Gette and Jerrold L. Neugarten of counsel), for appellant.
Elaine Stogel and William E. Hellerstein for respondent.
Order reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum by Mr. Justice SAMUEL J. SILVERMAN at the Appellate Division ( 66 A.D.2d 753, 754) and the case remitted to the Appellate Division, First Department, for determination of the facts (CPL 470.40, subd 2, par [b]; 470.25, subd 2, par [d]).
Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER.