People v. Dolan
| Decision Date | 26 January 1976 |
| Citation | 51 A.D.2d 589,379 N.Y.S.2d 375 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
| Parties | The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Thomas DOLAN, Appellant. |
Joel S. Ezra, New York City, for appellant.
Eugene Gold, Dist. Atty., Brooklyn (Helman R. Brook, Brooklyn, of counsel; Robert M. Levine, New York City, on the brief), for respondent.
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 21, 1975, convicting him of kidnapping in the second degree and menacing, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence. Judgment modified, on the law, by reversing the conviction and sentence for kidnapping in the second degree, and the said count is dismissed. As so modified, judgment affirmed (People v. Lombardi, 20 N.Y.2d 266, 282 N.Y.S.2d 519, 229 N.E.2d 206; People v. Levy, 15 N.Y.2d 159, 256 N.Y.S.2d 793, 204 N.E.2d 842; People v. Watts, 48 A.D.2d 863, 368 N.Y.S.2d 582; People v. Usher, 49 A.D.2d 499, 375 N.Y.S.2d 881 (2d Dept., dec. Dec. 1, 1975); People v. Cassidy, 50 A.D.2d 803, 375 N.Y.S.2d 403 (2d Dept., dec. Dec. 1, 1975)).
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