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PEOPLE v. LA RUFFA

37 N.Y.2d 58 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas La Ruffa, Also Known as Tommy Brooks, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 11, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Haynes and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Mark M. Baker of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI and COOKE concur with Judge JASEN; Judge JONES concurs in a separate opinion; Judges WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG dissent and vote to reverse in separate dissenting opinions.

JASEN, J.

We have considered our prior decision in this case (see 34 N.Y.2d 242) in the light of Blackledge v Perry (417 U.S. 21) and Tollett v Henderson (411 U.S. 258) and adhere to the view that in the circumstances here presented the defendant, with the advice of competent counsel, by his plea of...

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