PEOPLE v. IRBY


47 N.Y.2d 894 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Colleen Irby, Also Known as Colleen MacKenzie, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas A. Sordi, Jr., for appellant.

Denis Dillon, District Attorney (Martin I. Saperstein and William C. Donnino for counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur; Judge GABRIELLI, dissents in part and votes to affirm in a separate opinion.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified by vacating the conviction for felony murder and remitting that count to County Court, Nassau County, for a new trial, and, as so modified, affirmed.

Our disposition is not, as viewed by the dissenter, based on the refusal of the trial court to charge in accordance with the specific requests made by defense counsel. Rather it is predicated on the persistent...

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