People v. Edelstein

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gabrielli, J.

Defendant was charged with three counts of bribery in the second degree (Penal Law, § 200.00) and one count of conspiracy in the third degree (Penal Law, § 105.05) by an indictment which alleged, among other things, that the defendant conspired with one Harry Shapiro to bribe Abram Brown, a law assistant employed by Supreme Court, New York County, and that he had bribed Brown to secure judicial decisions favorable to defendant’s interest in two cases. By motion, defendant sought to suppress certain intercepted conversations obtained by wiretaps placed on Abram…