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People v. LevyPeople v. Levy

New York Court of Appeals
Mar 11, 1965
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Motion by appellants Levy and D ’Antonio to amend remittitur granted. Return ‍‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended to read as follows: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and ‍‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: Defendants argued that they were deprived of due process of ‍‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍law under the Fourteenth Amendment when the People called a witness (Daniel Cohen) to the stand to testify knowing that he would ‍‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍claim privilege against self incrimination and then read to the jury his alleged confession. The Court of Appeals held that there was ‍‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‍no violation of defendants’ constitutional rights. [See 15 N Y 2d 159.]

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Levy
Court Name: New York Court of Appeals
Date Published: Mar 11, 1965
Citations: 15 N.Y.2d 910; 206 N.E.2d 653; 258 N.Y.S.2d 646; 1965 N.Y. LEXIS 1568
Court Abbreviation: N.Y.
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