PEOPLE v. MCGEE


49 N.Y.2d 48 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie McGee, Lionel Edwards, Also Known as Mickey, and Robert Tolliver, Appellants. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alfred Quamina and Jake Waters, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Conaty, Jr., for Willie McGee, appellant.

Edward J. Nowak, Public Defender (Deborah S. Gerber of counsel), for Lionel Albert Edwards and another, appellants.

John Manning Regan for Jake A. Waters, appellant.

Lawrence T. Kurlander, District Attorney (Sharon P. Stiller of counsel), for respondent.

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


Chief Judge COOKE.

Two trials are considered here. Out of one evolve appeals by defendants McGee, Edwards and Tolliver, who were convicted, after a jury trial, of one count of conspiracy in the third degree and 28 counts of bribery in the second degree. From the other, arise appeals by defendants Quamina and Waters, who were convicted, upon a jury verdict, of one count of conspiracy in the third degree and 10...

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