PEOPLE v. PORTELLI


15 N.Y.2d 235 (1965)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony Portelli and Jerome Rosenberg, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 11, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Sonenshine and Gustave H. Newman for Anthony Portelli, appellant.

Maurice Edelbaum for Jerome Rosenberg, appellant.

Aaron E. Koota, District Attorney (Aaron Nussbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI and BERGAN concur.


Per Curiam.

The proof adduced upon the trial is more than sufficient to support the jury's verdict that the defendants are guilty of felony murder and, since we find no errors of law, we would have no occasion to write were it not for the testimony of police brutality which the record before us contains.

On May 18, 1962 two police officers, Detectives Luke Fallon and John Finnegan, were shot and killed in Brooklyn...

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