Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Vincent J. Squillante, Nunzio Squillante, and Bernard Adelstein, Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1960-07-08
Citations: 8 N.Y.2d 998
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Vincent J. Squillante, Nunzio Squillante, and Bernard Adelstein, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 998–999

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Vincent J. Squillante, Nunzio Squillante, and Bernard Adelstein, Respondents.
Argued June 6, 1960;
decided July 8, 1960.
Manuel W. Levine, District Attorney (Henry P. Devine of counsel), for appellant.
Sol Gelb, Nicholas Castellano and Chester E. Kleinberg for Vincent J. Squillante and Nunzio Squillante, respondents.
Harry J. Halperin, Samuel L. Scholer, Shirley R. Levittan and Edward J. Neary for Bernard Adelstein, respondent.

Opinion:
Orders affirmed; no opinion.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fux-d and Foster. Judges Froessel, Van Voorhis and Burke dissent and vote to reverse in the following memorandum: The question of law before us is whether from any view of the testimony there was a question of fact regarding defendants' guilt which should have been submitted to the jury and not disposed of by dismissal in the appellate court (People v. Bellows, 281 N. Y. 67, 73). Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People, as we are obliged to do upon this appeal, we think that the jury could properly conclude that defendants were guilty of extortion, as charged in the indictment.