PEOPLE v. CHESSMAN


54 N.Y.2d 1016 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Charles Chessman, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Michael J. Obus and Matthew Muraskin for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The appeal should be dismissed.

The Appellate Division (p 195), after stating its primary reason for reversal, said: "this error was further compounded by the court's total failure * * * to marshal the evidence". In view of the fact that this latter point had not been preserved for review, the court's determination was necessarily predicated at least in part upon an exercise of discretion and thus is...

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