PEOPLE v. ARCE


42 N.Y.2d 179 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George H. Arce, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Efrain Nieto Camara, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas N. O'Hara for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Kenneth Gribetz, District Attorney (William Frank and Thomas E. Urell of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Amanda Potterfield and Pierce Gerety, Jr., for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Kenneth Gribetz, District Attorney (William Frank and Thomas E. Urell of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and COOKE concur.


FUCHSBERG, J.

George Arce and Efrain Nieto Camara each stand convicted of two counts of murder and one count of the felony of conspiracy in the first degree following the fatal shooting of John Morales and Manuel Carrero on the Palisades Parkway in Orangeburg, Rockland County, early in the morning of Monday, April 30, 1973. The People contended that the murders had been committed for hire, the shooting having...

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