1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.2d
  4. 37 N.Y.2d
  5. 37 N.Y.2d 130 (1975)
 

PEOPLE v. HARDING

37 N.Y.2d 130 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. James Harding, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Robert C. Bernius of counsel), for appellant.

Stuart R. Shaw for respondent.

Judges GABRIELLI, JONES and FUCHSBERG concur with Judge WACHTLER; Judge COOKE concurs in result in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge BREITEL and Judge JASEN concur.

WACHTLER, J.

In July, 1969 the defendant James Harding, then a lieutenant in the New York City Police Department, observed Thelma Bodrick, a numbers runner, in the act of taking a bet in Brooklyn. He stopped her and threatened her with arrest unless she would divulge the name of her "banker". She identified Leroy Massey and the defendant then took her to a phone booth and told her to call Massey. After she placed...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases