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PEOPLE v. NEUMANN

51 N.Y.2d 658 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Walter Neumann, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Bennet Adler for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Joyce P. Adolfsen, Robert M. Pitler and Jerrold Tannenbaum of counsel), for respondent.

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

MEYER, J.

The issue to be determined in the trial of a witness for perjury is whether, measured by the meaning of the words used in the context of the questions asked and answers given, defendant's testimony was intentionally false. When that context contains nothing to suggest that the word "firearm" was used in the limited sense defined in subdivision 3 of section 265.00 of the Penal Law, and shows that "firearm...

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