People v. Bauer

Decision Date09 April 1970
Citation310 N.Y.S.2d 101,26 N.Y.2d 915
Parties, 258 N.E.2d 399 The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Stanley J. BAUER, Appellant.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, 32 A.D.2d 463, 305 N.Y.S.2d 42.

Peter L. Parrino, Buffalo, for appellant.

Michael F. Dillon, Dist. Atty. (Peter J. Notaro, Buffalo, of counsel), for respondent.

Defendant was convicted of conspiracy and of attempted grand larceny in the first degree.

The County Court of Erie County, Charles J. Gaughan, J., rendered judgment, and the defendant appealed.

The Appellate Division, Del Vecchio, J., reversed the conviction for conspiracy and affirmed conviction for attempted larceny. Gabrielli, J., dissented in part.

The defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals.

Judgment affirmed.

All concur.

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  • People v. Jones
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • May 26, 1981
    ...the court's attention was directed to that subject" while in People v. Bauer, 32 A.D.2d 463, 305 N.Y.S.2d 42, affd., 26 N.Y.2d 915, 310 N.Y.S.2d 101, 258 N.E.2d 399, the Fourth Department refused to overturn a guilty verdict where the jury, at first, requested a rereading of certain portion......
  • People v. Dlugash
    • United States
    • New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
    • May 12, 1977
    ...(People v. Moran, 123 N.Y. 254, 25 N.E. 412; see, also, People v. Bauer, 32 A.D.2d 463, 468, 305 N.Y.S.2d 42, 47, affd. 26 N.Y.2d 915, 310 N.Y.S.2d 101, 258 N.E.2d 399.) As can be seen from even this abbreviated discussion, the distinction between "factual" and "legal" impossibility was a n......
  • People v. Lanni
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court
    • June 19, 1978
    ...N.Y. 359, 361, 67 N.E.2d 581; People v. Bauer, 32 A.D.2d 463, 466-467, 305 N.Y.S.2d 42, 45-46; affd., on other grounds, 26 N.Y.2d 915, 310 N.Y.S.2d 101, 258 N.E.2d 399; People v. Chaplin, 8 A.D.2d 286, 291, 187 N.Y.S.2d 730, 736). These holdings were consonant with those elsewhere. (Nigro v......
  • People v. Menache
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • December 30, 1983
    ...of the offense which is the object of the conspiracy (see, e.g., People v. Bauer, 32 A.D.2d 463, 305 N.Y.S.2d 42, affd. 26 N.Y.2d 915, 310 N.Y.S.2d 101, 258 N.E.2d 399), we agree with LaFave and Scott that they "are incorrect for they are inconsistent with the function of the overt act requ......
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