People v. Sweeney

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered November 2, 1972, convicting him of burglary in the third degree and petit larceny, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. No opinion. Munder, Acting P. J., Martuscello, Gulotta and Brennan, JJ., concur; Benjamin, J., dissents and votes to reverse and to order a new trial, with the following memorandum: “Few rights are more fundamental than that of an accused to present witnesses in his own defense ” (Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U. S. 284, 302; see, also, People v. Foy, 32 N Y 2d 473).…