PEOPLE v. PEREIRA


26 N.Y.2d 265 (1970)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Pedro Pereira and Hector Cruz, Appellants. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Terry, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Schwartz and Milton Adler for appellants.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney, (Bennett L. Gershman, Michael R. Juviler and William C. Donnino of counsel), for respondent.

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


SCILEPPI, J.

The three appellants herein were all convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. Thereafter, they were spared that penalty when their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. On direct appeal to our court, all three judgments of conviction were affirmed.1

The appeals herein are by permission of Chief Judge FULD directly from orders of...

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