People v. Leonti

Decision Date07 January 1965
Citation256 N.Y.S.2d 935,205 N.E.2d 201,15 N.Y.2d 723
Parties, 205 N.E.2d 201 The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent-Appellant, v. Joseph LEONTI, Appellant-Respondent.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, 20 A.D.2d 899, 248 N.Y.S.2d 1012.

Defendant was convicted of felony murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, and arson in the third degree. The Supreme Court, Nassau County, Thomas P. Farley, J., entered judgment, and the defendant appealed.

The Appellate Division modified the judgment on the law by striking out the provision imposing a sentence of 40 years to life imprisonment on the second degree murder conviction and, as so modified, affirmed the judgment.

The defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals.

Irving Tenenbaum, Great Neck, for defendant-appellant-respondent.

Determination of the appeal withheld and the case remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for further proceedings consistent with People v. Huntley, 15 N.Y.2d 72, 255 N.Y.S.2d 838, 204 N.E.2d 179, decided herewith.

All concur.

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