Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Witherspoon, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-09-18
Citations: 68 N.Y.2d 805
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jeffrey Witherspoon, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 805–805

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jeffrey Witherspoon, Appellant.
Argued September 8, 1986;
decided September 18, 1986

Opinion:
Appeal dismissed upon the ground that the reversal by the Appellate Division was not "on the law alone or upon the law and such facts which, but for the determination of law, would not have led to reversal" (CPL 450.90 [2] [a]). The reversal, while termed one "on the law", was necessarily a determination by the Appellate Division of a mixed question of law and fact.