PEOPLE v. REYES


75 N.Y.2d 590 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Yumet Tony Reyes, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abe H. Konstam for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney (Leonard Joblove and Jay M. Cohen of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


BELLACOSA, J.

Defendant, the owner of a Brooklyn building, was indicted for numerous felonies arising out of a fire which killed one tenant and injured another. The building had been renovated without permit and converted from an approved commercial office space to a nonapproved single-room occupancy (SRO) dwelling. Among the Building Code violations created by the illegal alteration were electrical deficiencies...

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