PEOPLE v. FLORIO


301 N.Y. 46 (1950)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Joseph Florio, George Robert Gill, Joseph Cigna and John Frank Lentini, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 25, 1950


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Levine for Michael Joseph Florio, appellant.

Joseph Lonardo and D. Joseph De Andrea for Joseph Cigna, John Frank Lentini and George Robert Gill, appellants.

Charles P. Sullivan, District Attorney (Henry W. Schober of counsel), for respondent.

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


CONWAY, J.

All four defendants, by a general verdict, have been found guilty on six counts of an indictment which charged kidnapping, rape in the first degree and assault in the second degree. The People proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants, acting in concert and each aiding and abetting the other, inveigled the complainant into an automobile, detained and...

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