Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Francis Birmingham, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1965-10-28
Citations: 16 N.Y.2d 984
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Francis Birmingham, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 984–985

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Francis Birmingham, Appellant.
Argued September 20, 1965;
decided October 28, 1965.
David I. Goldblatt and Anthony F. Marra for appellant.
John M. Braisted, Jr., District Attorney (Pasquale E. Di Vernieri of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment modified and matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, so as to provide for the imposition of a sentence to run concurrently instead of consecutively and, as so modified, affirmed. (Penal Law, § 1938.) No opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke and Bergan. Judges Dye and Scileppi dissent and vote to affirm. (See People ex rel. Maurer v. Jackson, 2 N Y 2d 259; People v. Erickson, 302 N. Y. 461; cf. People v. Di Lapo, 14 N Y 2d 170.) The consecutive sentence was permissible under section 1938 of the Penal Law.