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People v. Johnson

285 A.D. 1182 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1955-05-23 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Harold Johnson, Appellant.

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, convicting appellant of possession of narcotics (Penal Law, § 1751-a; Public Health Law, § 3305). Judgment affirmed. No opinion. Nolan, P. J., Wenzel, MacCrate and Beldock, JJ., concur; Murphy, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and to dismiss the information on the ground that appellant’s guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt.