PEOPLE v. SWERDLOW


11 N.Y.2d 140 (1962)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Donald H. Swerdlow, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Samuelson for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Daniel J. Sullivan and H. Richard Uviller of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and JUDGES DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur.


Per Curiam.

Defendant was convicted of third degree assault. Thereafter his attorney made a motion, as appears from the moving affidavit, "in arrest of judgment and to set aside the verdict as inconsistent with the facts and law" for enumerated reasons.

We read the somewhat confused record — as did the courts below — that the motion resulted in a determination to set aside the verdict and to grant...

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