PEOPLE v. ROBINSON


15 N.Y.2d 680 (1965)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert C. Robinson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Manuel and Stephen Mann for appellant.

Isidore Dollinger, District Attorney (Irving Anolik and Walter E. Dillon of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges FULD, BURKE and BERGAN. Judges DYE, VAN VOORHIS and SCILEPPI dissent and vote to affirm.


Order reversed and case remitted to Supreme Court, Bronx County, for a hearing on the allegations of the petition that defendant, when he entered his guilty plea to the crime of murder in the second degree, did so under the coercion of certain conduct and statements of the District Attorney and of the Trial Judge (see People v. Picciotti, 4 N.Y.2d 340; People v. Lake, 14 N.Y.2d 790; People...

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