Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Cook, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1962-04-19
Citations: 16 A.D.2d 634
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Cook, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 634–634

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Cook, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment of conviction of the crime of unlawful entry (Penal Law, § 405) unanimously reversed, on the facts and on the law, and the information dismissed. To convict defendant of the crime of unlawful entry required proof that he entered the building unlawfully with intent to commit a crime therein. There is present here only a strong suspicion that defendant was the intruder who was seen entering the premises and no proof whatsoever that even if he were that intruder he intended to commit a crime inside the building (People v. Calloway, 297 N. Y. 931; People v. Cooperman, 279 N. Y. 599; People v. Orr, 270 N. Y. 193; People v. Derby, 275 App. Div. 655). Concur — Botein, P. J., Breitel, Valente, McNally and Stevens, JJ.