PATERNO v. LYONS

No. 583.

334 U.S. 314 (1948)

PATERNO v. LYONS, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Collins argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Irving I. Waxman, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney General, and Wendell P. Brown, Solicitor General.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

October 30, 1936, the petitioner was indicted in the County Court of Erie County, New York, on a charge of

"Buying, receiving, concealing and withholding property, knowing the same to have been stolen or appropriated wrongfully in such manner as to constitute larceny, contrary to the Penal Law, Section 1308, in that he, the said Joseph Paterno on or about the 5th day of October, 1936, at the City of Tonawanda...

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