PEOPLE v. WACHOWICZ


22 N.Y.2d 369 (1968)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Richard Wachowicz, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Carpenter and Henrietta M. Wolfgang for appellant.

Michael F. Dillon, District Attorney (Herbert J. Herman of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, KEATING and JASEN concur with Judge BERGAN; Judge BREITEL dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge FULD concurs.


BERGAN, J.

The circumstantial evidence in this record, seen in full perspective, forms a reliable basis upon which the jury could make a finding that defendant-appellant Wachowicz, acting with Jack Morris, attempted to break into a building in the early hours of the morning and for this purpose they used together a pinch bar, a workable burglar's tool found in possession of Morris.

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