Legal Opinion
People v. Tragni
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 5, 1982PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sheldon S. Levy, J.
I& drilling a hole through an outside wall of a building an entry within the meaning of the burglary statutes, or is it merely evidence of a breaking and an attempt to enter?
*853No New York court appears to have been confronted with even a similar instrumentality problem in the law of burglary under the revised Penal Law, and this decision, accordingly, is one of first impression.
The seven defendants on trial and two others — colloquially known as “The Gang That Couldn’t Drill Straight” — were indicted, inter alia, for crimes of burglary in the third degree…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. KurtzNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. GilliganNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. ViolaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- People v. . TolandNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- People v. KrevoffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hyde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
- People v. KingNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Whitehead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- United States v. David BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
- People v. OseguedaAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1984
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