PEOPLE v. BROWN


24 N.Y.2d 168 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James E. Brown, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Z. Dershowitz and Anthony F. Marra for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Herman Kaufman, of the Michigan Bar, admitted on motion pro hac vice, and Alan Scribner of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BERGAN, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN concur.


SCILEPPI, J.

On February 20, 1963 defendant was indicted for the crime of manslaughter in the second degree. Following a nonjury trial before Mr. Justice MARKS, he was found guilty and, on January 31, 1964, was sentenced from 2½ to 5 years in State prison. No appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction. On March 12, 1965, however, defendant filed an application for a writ of error coram nobis...

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