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PEOPLE v. GIBSON

23 N.Y.2d 618 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Gibson, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Richard Goldston, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Clarence Hightower, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Heyward Jones, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jesse Kuykendall, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 19, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Carpenter and Herald Price Fahringer for appellants.

Michael F. Dillon, District Attorney (Leslie G. Foschio of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN concur.

BERGAN, J.

Each of the five cases heard together on this appeal involves a conviction for the sale of narcotics in violation of section 1751 (subd. 1) of the former Penal Law; and, additionally, all the cases share a common question: whether the transmission to police by an informant by means of a radio device concealed on his person of incriminating conversations with defendants is a violation of their constitutional...

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