PEOPLE v. FERRO


92 A.D.2d 298 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alfio Ferro, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 21, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony V. Lombardino for appellant.

John J. Santucci, District Attorney (William Schrager of counsel), for respondent.

MANGANO and WEINSTEIN, JJ., concur with THOMPSON, J.; LAZER, J. P., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment, grant the defendant's motion to suppress and order a new trial, with an opinion, in which GIBBONS, J., concurs.


THOMPSON, J.

Lillian Sher, an elderly woman living alone in her one-family attached house in Forest Hills, was confronted by burglars who entered her abode on December 5, 1975 to take her property. The invaders vacated the residence only after subduing their innocent victim and looting the premises. Her lifeless body, bound hand and foot, was not discovered until December 11. The piece of cloth stuffed into her mouth to stifle any potential cries for...

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