PEOPLE v. FORD


304 N.Y. 679 (1952)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wallace Ford, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 15, 1952


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Murray and Sherwin V. Wittman for appellant.

Wallace J. Stakel, District Attorney, for respondent.

Concur: LEWIS, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ. DESMOND, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment of conviction and for a new trial in opinion in which LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., concurs. Not sitting: CONWAY, J.


Judgment of conviction affirmed; no opinion.

DESMOND, J. (dissenting).

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of his sister-in-law, and was sentenced to death. Of the several points argued by his counsel, one only merits discussion here, but that point discloses an error which requires a reversal of the conviction.

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