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PEOPLE v. LALLI

5 N.Y.2d 536 (1959)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Mario Lalli, Victor Lalli, Claude Green and Anthony Alba, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 16, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Schreiberg for appellants.

Joseph F. Gagliardi, District Attorney (Arthur J. Spring, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FROESSEL and BURKE concur with Judge FULD; Judge VAN VOORHIS dissents and votes to affirm (People v. Hartmann, 274 App. Div. 752).

FULD, J.

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