Middleton v. State — 43 N.Y.2d 678

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Charles Middleton, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.

(Claim No. 58534.)

Argued October 7, 1977;

decided November 15, 1977

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APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL

Haskell Blatt Koppelman & Evans for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Peter J. Dooley and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondent.

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OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice Robert G. Main at the Appellate Division ( 54 AD2d 450 ).

Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke.