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PEOPLE v. HORTON

18 N.Y.2d 355 (1966)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Horton and Louis Alvarez, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 22, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolon W. Reed and Anthony F. Marra for Charles Horton, appellant.

Patrick M. Wall, Seymour Ostrow and Thomas W. Brown for Louis Alvarez, appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Harold Roland Shapiro of counsel), for respondent.

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

BURKE, J.

As a result of a notorious juvenile gang conflict in July of 1957, Michael Farmer was stabbed to death on the grounds of Highbridge Park, in the Washington Heights area of northern Manhattan. In 1958 the two appellants were convicted therefor of murder in the second degree. After these convictions were affirmed by the Appellate Division (19 A.D.2d 80), the Court of...

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