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People v. Watts

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 6, 1971
272 N.E.2d 890 (N.Y. 1971)

Opinion

Argued May 24, 1971

Decided July 6, 1971

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, IRWIN D. DAVIDSON, J.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney ( Burton N. Lipshie and Michael R. Juviler of counsel), for appellant.

Eleanor Jackson Piel for respondent.


Order affirmed on the opinion at the Appellate Division.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BERGAN, BREITEL and GIBSON. Judges SCILEPPI and JASEN dissent and vote to reverse on the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division.


Summaries of

People v. Watts

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 6, 1971
272 N.E.2d 890 (N.Y. 1971)
Case details for

People v. Watts

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. PAUL WATTS, Respondent

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jul 6, 1971

Citations

272 N.E.2d 890 (N.Y. 1971)
272 N.E.2d 890
324 N.Y.S.2d 306

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