Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Philip B. Kohut, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1966-03-31
Citations: 17 N.Y.2d 705
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Philip B. Kohut, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 705–707

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Philip B. Kohut, Appellant.
Argued February 23, 1966;
decided March 31, 1966.
Maurice Edelbaum for appellant.
Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (H. Richard Uviller and Milton M. Stein of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed and indictment dismissed. The crime charged in the indictment (taking unlawful fees, Penal Law, § 1826) was committed, if at all, in Nassau County (cf. Matter of Murtagh v. Leibowitz, 303 N. Y. 311, 316-317). Section 134 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is inapplicable.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke and Soileppi. Judge Keating dissents in the following opinion in which Judge Bergan concurs.