Legal Opinion
People v. Bell
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 16, 1989PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Defendant has been convicted of various charges involving violation of the tax and liquor laws, bribing a witness and conspiracy to obstruct governmental administration, and sentenced as a second felony offender to multiple concurrent terms of imprisonment having a maximum of four and a *157minimum of two years.1 On appeal, a divided Appellate Division, modified the judgment by vacating the sentence as a second offender and otherwise affirmed. Justice Sullivan, who dissented and voted to affirm, granted both parties leave to appeal.
Defendant’s principal challenge is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Maine v. MoultonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- People v. HobsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. BartolomeoNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by43 opinions
- United States v. EisenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- United States v. EisenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. ClaudioNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. AganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
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