People v. Washington

Decision Date14 December 1989
Parties, 550 N.E.2d 451 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John WASHINGTON, Appellant.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

Ira Mickenberg, New York City, and Barry R. Strutt, Yonkers, for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson, Dist. Atty. (Jonathan R. Walsh, of counsel), for respondent.

Prior report: 151 A.D.2d 384, 543 N.Y.S.2d 78. On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules, order reversed and a new trial ordered for the reasons stated in the dissenting memorandum of Justice John Carro at the Appellate Division.

WACHTLER, C.J., and SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK and BELLACOSA, JJ., concur.

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