PEOPLE v. BRESLIN


21 N.Y.2d 712 (1967)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Breslin and Thomas Brennan, Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Belvedere for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Alan F. Scribner and H. Richard Uviller of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL.


Judgment affirmed. The admission of the Grand Jury testimony may be deemed to be harmless error (Gilbert v. California, 388 U.S. 263). Therefore, we find it unnecessary to pass on the question of retroactive application of Garrity v. New Jersey (385 U.S. 493

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