People v. Edel — 252 N.Y. 539

Majority

p. 539

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Fred W. Edel, Appellant.

(Argued October 7, 1929;

decided October 25, 1929.)

Alexander I. Rorke, Ira Holley, Noah L. Braunstein, J oseph W. O’Donnell and Frederick L. Kane for appellant.

Joab H. Banton, District Attorney (Robert C. Taylor of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment of conviction affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Lehman, O’Brien and Hubbs, JJ.; Kellogg, J., dissents upon the ground that the evidence fails to show that the defendant committed the homicide while engaged in the commission of a felony.