PEOPLE v. LEWIS


46 N.Y.2d 825 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sammie Lewis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald T. Barth and George T. Dunn for appellant.

Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., District Attorney (John A. Cirando and Edward Z. Menkin of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The order appealed from should be affirmed. The defendant was charged with two counts of murder in the second degree, three counts of weapons possession and possession of gambling records. After extensive plea negotiations in which his two retained attorneys actively participated, he entered a plea of guilty to two counts of manslaughter in the first degree in satisfaction of all counts of the indictment. Prior...

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