People v. Birch

• Decision Date: 17 March 1960
• Parties: PEOPLE of the City of New York, Respondent, v. George BIRCH, Defendant-Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Page 424

199 N.Y.S.2d 424

10 A.D.2d 688

PEOPLE of the City of New York, Respondent, v. George BIRCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division,

First Department.

March 17, 1960.

J. J. McHugh, Jr., New York City, for defendant-appellant.

W. E. Dillon, New York City, for respondent.

Judgment unanimously modified in the exercise of discretion so as to reduce the sentence to 4 to 8 years on the ground of excessiveness, and, as so modified, affirmed. See also 6 A.D.2d 28, 174 N.Y.S.2d 437.