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PEOPLE v. FIELDS

38 A.D.2d 231 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Fields, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 8, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Egan of counsel (Robert Kasanof, attorney), for appellant.

David Otis Fuller, Jr., of counsel (Michael R. Juviler with him on the brief; Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney), for respondent.

MARKEWICH, J. P., and MURPHY, J., concur with STEUER, J.; KUPFERMAN, J., dissents in part in an opinion, in which NUNEZ, J., concurs.

STEUER, J.

The defendant, whose record leaves little to recommend him, was convicted of assault in the second degree for the wounding of one Sheila Yarborough by means of a pistol shot. Following that conviction he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree for the killing of Sidney Yarborough. On the assault charge he received an indeterminate sentence of seven years and on the plea to manslaughter an...

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