PEOPLE v. BALLOTT


20 N.Y.2d 600 (1967)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Shelby Ballott, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Wooters and Anthony F. Marra for appellant.

Thomas J. Mackell, District Attorney (Jerrold I. Ehrlich of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion by Chief Judge FULD. All concur, Judge KEATING in result, except Judges VAN VOORHIS and SCILEPPI who dissent and vote to affirm.


Chief Judge FULD.

Following his second trial — the first ended in a disagreement — the defendant was convicted of robbery, as well as of related crimes of grand larceny and assault, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of from 15 to 30 years. He seeks a reversal on two grounds, first, that he was improperly denied a copy of the minutes of the prior trial and, second, that the pretrial identification...

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