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PEOPLE v. REASON

37 N.Y.2d 351 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Arnold Reason, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Pottish for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Judith K. Rubinstein and T. James Bryan of counsel), for respondent.

Judges GABRIELLI, JONES and COOKE concur with Judge WACHTLER; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge BREITEL and Judge FUCHSBERG concur.

WACHTLER, J.

The defendant was indicted for murder and attempted murder after he stabbed two men on a Manhattan street in August of 1969. It appears that at various times throughout 1965, 1966 and 1967 the defendant had been hospitalized for mental illness. Upon arraignment the court ordered that he be examined to determine his mental capacity to stand trial. The psychiatrists reported that the defendant was...

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