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People v. DavisPeople v. Davis

New York Court of Appeals
May 29, 1963
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Judgment reversed and the indictment dismissed upon the ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍authority of People v. Meyer (11 N Y 2d 162). The police officer who preferred the vagrancy charge ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍upon which appellant was arraigned acknowledged that it was merely a pretext upon which ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍to hold him for the homicide. No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍Van Voorhis, Foster and Scilepfl Judges Dye and Burke dissent and vote to affirm ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‍upon the authority of People v. Weinstein (11 N Y 2d 1098).

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Davis
Court Name: New York Court of Appeals
Date Published: May 29, 1963
Citations: 13 N.Y.2d 690; 191 N.E.2d 674
Court Abbreviation: N.Y.
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