PEOPLE v. SPINELLO


277 A.D. 712 (1951)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Peter Spinello, Appellant, et al., Defendants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Gorman of counsel (Gorman & Gorman, attorneys), for appellant.

George Tilzer of counsel (Herman J. Fliederblum with him on the brief; George B. De Luca, District Attorney, Bronx County), for respondent.

GLENNON, J. P., and SHIENTAG, J., concur with COHN, J.; CALLAHAN, J., dissents and votes to reverse and grant a new trial, in an opinion in which DORE, J., concurs.


COHN, J.

The indictment charged appellant Peter Spinello, defendant John Principe, and "John Doe" with the crime of robbery in the first degree. "John Doe" was never apprehended and the trial proceeded against the other two defendants. At the close of the People's case the indictment against defendant John Principe was dismissed, but the case went to the jury against Spinello as the remaining defendant.

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