Legal Opinion
People v. Terra
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 6, 1951PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
On July 19,1949, a machine gun and ammunition for it were found in a one-room store, occupied — or so the jury could have concluded — by the brothers Terra and used by them *334in connection with their business of distributing and servicing pinball machines. They were indicted, accused of illegally possessing a machine gun in violation of subdivision 1-a of section 1897 of the Penal Law. Adjudged guilty after trial, they seek a reversal upon the ground that the jury was permitted, by virtue of the court’s charge, to rest its verdict upon that clause of subdivision 1-a, which provides that “ The…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Bailey v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- People v. HildebrandtNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
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