PEOPLE v. JONES


44 N.Y.2d 76 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sylvester Jones, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Alan Seth Adolph and Alan D. Marrus of counsel), for respondent.

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


JONES, J.

We hold that defendant was not denied due process when the District Attorney's office did not disclose during plea negotiations that it had received information that the complaining witness had died.

On January 5, 1975 as he was entering his car, Juan Rodriguez was approached at gunpoint by three persons including defendant who forced their way into the vehicle, drove him a distance and stole...

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