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PEOPLE v. COLLINS

31 N.Y.2d 878 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Peter A. Collins, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Greenberg and Nathan Z. Dershowitz for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (T. James Bryan and Michael R. Juviler of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BERGAN and GIBSON. Dissent: Judges SCILEPPI, BREITEL and JASEN.

Order reversed and the information dismissed. The defendant's guilt was not established beyond a reasonable doubt. We thoroughly agree with District Attorney Hogan's frank and commendable concession to that effect and with his conclusion that "The judgment appealed from should be reversed". In this view, we do not reach the constitutional issue posed by the defendant.

Judges SCILEPPI, BREITEL and JASEN dissent and vote to affirm upon the grounds that defendant's guilt...

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