PEOPLE v. BYRNE


47 N.Y.2d 117 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dominick Byrne, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter E. De Blasio for appellant.

Carl A. Vergari, District Attorney (Janet Cunard of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES and WACHTLER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge GABRIELLI concurs in result only in a separate opinion.


FUCHSBERG, J.

At about 2:00 A.M. on August 9, 1975, Edgar Bronfman received a telephone call from his 22-year-old son, Samuel, advising him that he had been kidnapped at gunpoint, that he was in fear of his life and that his captors would shortly communicate their demands. The week ahead bore witness to a series of sensational events that first led to the successful transfer of a 2.3 million dollar ransom and...

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