People v. La Ruffa

37 N.Y.2d 58 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v.

Thomas La Ruffa, Also Known as Tommy Brooks, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Reargued March 19, 1975.

Decided June 11, 1975.

Robert B. Haynes and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Mark M. Baker of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI and COOKE concur with Judge JASEN; Judge JONES concurs in a separate opinion; Judges WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG dissent and vote to reverse in separate dissenting opinions.

JASEN, J.

We have considered our prior decision…