Legal Opinion

People v. Morgan

New York County Courts

Decided April 18, 1962PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

John H. Galloway, Jr., J.

Defendant Morgan moves to sustain Ms demurrer to the superseding indictment herein on the ground of incorrect joinder of the third count with the first and second counts thereof, because there is no connection whatsoever between the alleged crimes of burglary first degree (first count) and larceny first degree (second count) and the alleged felonious possession of a loaded firearm (third count). Pie urges that more than one crime is charged “ in violation of Section 279 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and that the counts have been incorrectly joined in violation of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. Vario, New York County Courts1938
  2. People v. EricksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
  3. People v. ManasekNew York County Court, Westchester County · 1962
  4. People v. Thompson, New York County Courts1958

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981

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