PEOPLE v. LA BELLO


24 N.Y.2d 598 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony La Bello and Ralph Piccirillo, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Rosenberg for Anthony La Bello, appellant.

Nathan Z. Dershowitz and Anthony F. Marra for Ralph Piccirillo, appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Stanley M. Meyer of counsel), for respondent.

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


KEATING, J.

Called before a Grand Jury investigating a conspiracy to intimidate witnesses who were to testify at a probe of violations of law involving public contracts, appellants, who had previously been convicted of assaulting one of the witnesses, were granted immunity (former Penal Law, § 2447). They then answered all the questions, admitting that they had been hired to commit the assault, but denying...

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