Legal Opinion
People v. Witenski
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 22, 1965PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Desmond.
These three defendants, all under 21 years of age, were, so it is charged, surprised in an orchard at about 10:30 p.m. in the act of stealing a half bushel of apples “of the value”, according to the information filed by the owner of the orchard, of about $2. Sometime after midnight the three were brought before a Justice of the Peace. After brief proceedings at which none of them was represented by any attorney all of them pleaded guilty. None of them had been convicted before. Each was sentenced to. imprisonment for 30 days plus a fine of $25 which meant (since none of…
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- People v. McLaughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
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3Cited by52 opinions
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