Patterson v. State — 45 N.Y.2d 885

Majority

p. 885

Richard L. Patterson, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.

Submitted September 21, 1978;

decided October 24, 1978

p. 886

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL

James I. Myerson and Thomas Hoffman for appellant.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice G. Robert Wither at the Appellate Division ( 54 AD2d 147 ).

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