Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1955

People v. Johnson

People v. Johnson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 23, 1955
285 A.D. 1182; 141 N.Y.S.2d 916; 1955 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7085
People v. Johnson

Opinion of the Court

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, convicting appellant of possession of narcotics (Penal Law, § 1751-a; Public Health Law, § 3305). Judgment affirmed. No opinion. Nolan, P. J., Wenzel, MacCrate and Beldock, JJ., concur; Murphy, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and to dismiss the information on the ground that appellant’s guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

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