PEOPLE v. SAFT


28 N.Y.2d 964 (1971)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ralph Saft, Appellant, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Raichle, Ralph L. Halpern and R. William Stephens for appellant.

Michael F. Dillon, District Attorney, (Peter J. Notaro and Judith Blake Manzella of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON. Judge BERGAN dissents and votes to reverse in the following opinion in which Chief Judge FULD concurs.


Order affirmed on the opinion at the Appellate Division.

BERGAN, J. (dissenting).

Two different criminal conspiracies are attributed to appellant by the indictments here under consideration. The conspiracies are not described, either as to what was intended, or as to purpose, except there was agreement to violate certain enumerated statutes.

This is not good pleading. A man accused of crime is entitled, as a matter of procedural due process...

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