PEOPLE v. LUCAS


106 Misc.2d 672 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Frank Lucas and Martin Trowery, Defendants.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, New York County.

December 4, 1980


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll Schuller & James (Herald Price Fahringer and Elaine Brown of counsel), for defendant. Sterling Johnson, Jr., Special Assistant District Attorney (Charles J. Heffernan, Jr., and Michael Gary Hilf of counsel), for plaintiff.


EVE PREMINGER, J.

FACTS

In the summer of 1973, the entrepreneurs involved in the instant murder indictment were enjoying the friendship and harmony typical of many successful business relationships. Frank Lucas, the chief defendant, was head of a heroin empire that had flourished for over a decade. George Ford, the victim, was one of Lucas' retailers supplying upper Manhattan. Charles Morris and Warren Sims were middle management executives...

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