Legal Opinion

People v. Johnson

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 2, 1970PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.

Proof in support of defendant’s conviction for burglary, second degree, is adequate. He was discovered by the police at 2:30 o ’clock in the morning with two other men inside a country club building which had been forcibly broken into. Defendant was carrying a crowbar and a screwdriver when observed by the police who had been tipped to an intended burglary and were waiting in the building.

The proof supports, as well, the related crimes of possession of burglar’s tools and of a loaded firearm; and the sentences imposed for these offenses ran concurrently with the sentence for burglary.

Defendant…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. People v. SorgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1950

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. WiseNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. People v. DonnellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  3. Ostrover v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. The People v. Charles K. WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2016
  5. People v. WiseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978

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