People v. Birmingham

New York Court of Appeals
People v. Birmingham, 16 N.Y.2d 984 (N.Y. 1965)
212 N.E.2d 780; 265 N.Y.S.2d 295; 1965 N.Y. LEXIS 1053

People v. Birmingham

Opinion

*985 Judgment modified and matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, so as to provide for the imposition of a sentence to run concurrently instead of consecutively and, as so modified, affirmed. (Penal Law, § 1938.) No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke and Bergan. Judges Dye and Scileppi dissent and vote to affirm. (See People ex rel. Maurer v. Jackson, 2 N Y 2d 259; People v. Erickson, 302 N. Y. 461; cf. People v. Di Lapo, 14 N Y 2d 170.) The consecutive sentence was permissible under section 1938 of the Penal Law.

Reference

Full Case Name
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Francis Birmingham, Appellant
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published