People v. Leone

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 24, 1976, convicting him of criminal contempt in the first degree (six counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed upon the opinion of Mr. Justice Donnelly at Criminal Term. Martuscello, Cohalan and Damiani, JJ., concur; Hopkins, Acting P. J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and dismiss the indictment, with the following memorandum: The defendant was convicted of criminal contempt in the first degree (six counts). He was indicted in May, 1973 for that crime, because he…