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PEOPLE v. RUDOLPH

303 N.Y. 73 (1951)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. William Rudolph, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 11, 1951

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Peyton H. Moss and Richard G. Denzer of counsel), for appellant.

James H. Tully, Truman H. Lurhman and Moses Polakoff for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., DESMOND and DYE, JJ., concur with LEWIS, J.; CONWAY, J., dissents in opinion in which FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.

LEWIS, J.

The defendant, William Rudolph, a police officer, was convicted in the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York of the crimes of coercion (Penal Law, § 530) and oppression (Penal Law, § 854). At the Appellate Division the judgment of conviction was reversed on the law and the facts, and the information was dismissed, two Justices dissenting. The case is here on appeal by the plaintiff...

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