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PEOPLE v. LEONTI

18 N.Y.2d 384 (1966)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellant, v. Joseph Leonti, Appellant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 22, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Tenenbaum for appellant.

William Cahn, District Attorney (Henry P. De Vine of counsel), for respondent.

Judges VAN VOORHIS, BERGAN and KEATING concur with Judge SCILEPPI; Chief Judge DESMOND concurs in a separate opinion in which Judge KEATING also concurs; Judge FULD concurs in result; Judge BURKE dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion.

SCILEPPI, J.

In 1962, defendant was convicted of felony murder, murder in the second degree, and arson in the third degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the felony murder count, to a concurrent term of 40 years to life on the second degree murder count, and to a term of 10 to 20 years as a prior felony offender on the arson count, to run consecutively with the other two terms. The Appellate Division...

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