9 A.D.2d 897 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1959
Appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered by the Extraordinary Special and Trial Term of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, and from each and every intermediate order therein made. On June 5, 1958 appellant was found guilty by a jury of (1) conspiracy to pervert and obstruct justice and the due administration of law in violation of subdivision 6 of section 580 of the Penal Law (count 1), (2) taking illegal fees in violation of section 855 of the Penal Law (counts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6), (3) asking for or receiving bribes in violation of section 1823 of the Penal Law (counts 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17), and (4) taking unlawful fees in violation of section 1826 of the Penal Law (counts 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45). On July 16, 1958 appellant was sentenced (a) on count 1 to pay a fine of $500 and to serve 60 days in the Suffolk County Jail, (b) on each of counts 8, 10 and 16