Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William K. Dorler, Jr., Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-04-30
Citations: 53 N.Y.2d 831
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William K. Dorler, Jr., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 831–833

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William K. Dorler, Jr., Appellant.
Argued March 31, 1981;
decided April 30, 1981
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Bruce K. Carpenter for appellant.
John T. Ward, District Attorney (Albert W. Foley of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.
Review of Raynor's trial testimony, including his readiness to there accept the accuracy of the version of the events he had tendered to the police and his earlier Grand Jury testimony, indicates that whether he was an accomplice of the defendant within the compass df GPL 60.22 (subd 2) was a question of fact. It, therefore, was error for the trial court to deny defendant's request that it charge the jury to that effect.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur in memorandum.
Order reversed, etc.