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PEOPLE v. BELL

73 N.Y.2d 153 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellant, v. Richard Bell, Appellant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Wall and Oren Root Jr. for appellant-respondent.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Edward D. Saslaw, O. Peter Sherwood, Lawrence S. Kahn, John Michael Ryan, Christine Duisin and Stephen J. Quigley of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges KAYE, ALEXANDER and HANCOCK, JR., concur with Judge SIMONS; Judge BELLACOSA dissents and votes to reverse on defendant's appeal in a separate opinion; Judge TITONE taking no part.

SIMONS, J.

Defendant has been convicted of various charges involving violation of the tax and liquor laws, bribing a witness and conspiracy to obstruct governmental administration, and sentenced as a second felony offender to multiple concurrent terms of imprisonment having a maximum of four and a minimum of two years.1 On appeal, a divided...

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