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People v. Tran

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 27, 1992PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bellacosa, J.

This prosecution stems from two separate incidents of alleged bribery by defendant of a municipal fire safety inspector and an undercover investigator. The amounts involved, $310 and $100, are relatively petty. However, the object of these municipal-corruption-type crimes — official disregard of fire safety violations in two Manhattan hotels — is potentially very grave.

The appeal by a grant of leave from a Judge of this Court is from an Appellate Division order afiirming the conviction on both bribery counts after a jury trial. Two primary issues are…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. CleagueNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
  2. People v. SalkoNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Alonzo M. v. New York City Department of ProbationNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. People v. HarperNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. People v. DethloffNew York Court of Appeals · 1940

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3Cited by67 opinions

  1. People v. CabanNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  2. Liberman v. GelsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. People v. BorukhovaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. AhmadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
  5. People v. WolfNew York Court of Appeals · 2002

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