PEOPLE v. YUKL


25 N.Y.2d 585 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles W. Yukl, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Reargued September 30, 1969.

Decided December 11, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Schober and George P. Monaghan for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Peter F. Schwindt and Michael R. Juviler of counsel), for respondent.

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


JASEN, J.

On October 24, 1966, at about 9:45 P.M., the defendant — a mature adult, a high school graduate, music teacher and auxiliary policeman — notified the police that he found the dead body of Miss Susan Reynolds in a vacant second-floor apartment in the building in which he resided. Shortly thereafter two police officers arrived at the scene and confirmed the presence of the body. The defendant...

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