PEOPLE v. LEVINSOHN


88 Misc.2d 177 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Howard Levinsohn, Appellant.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department.

May 28, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon (Louis Nizer, Gerald Phillips and William F. Reilly of counsel), for appellant. Henry F. O'Brien, District Attorney (Ronald E. Lipetz of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: GLICKMAN, P. J., PITTONI and SILBERMAN, JJ.


MEMORANDUM.

Judgment of conviction is unanimously reversed on the law and information dismissed.

The proof submitted by the People was insufficient to establish the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt. We do not pass on the question whether corroboration of the infant's testimony was required, since we find under all the circumstances that there was not a scintilla of "objective verification" of the...

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