Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Estanislao Cruz, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1962-04-05
Citations: 11 N.Y.2d 840
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Estanislao Cruz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 840–841

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Estanislao Cruz, Appellant.
Argued March 29, 1962;
decided April 5, 1962.
Ernest Allen Cohen and Anthony F. Marra for appellant.
Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Peter J, O’Connor and H. Richard Uviller of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Concur: Judges Dye, Froessel, Van Voorhis, Burke and Foster. Chief Judge Desmond and Judge Ftjld dissent and vote to reverse and to remit to the Court of General Sessions for a hearing on the allegations in the petition that defendant was informed and believed that he was not entitled to a trial if his codefendants pleaded guilty and that a verdict of guilty at such a trial would necessarily mean a death sentence.