Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Howard Levinsohn, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-05-28
Citations: 88 Misc. 2d 177
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Howard Levinsohn, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 88
Pages: 177–178

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Howard Levinsohn, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
May 28, 1976
Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon (Louis Nizer, Gerald Phillips and William F Reilly of counsel), for appellant. Henry F. O’Brien, District Attorney (Ronald E. Lipetz of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Memorandum. Judgment of conviction is unanimously reversed on the law and information dismissed. '
The proof submitted by the People was insufficient to establish the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt. We do not pass on the question whether corroboration of the infant's testimony was required, since we find under all the circumstances that there was not a scintilla of "objective verification" of the infant's testimony nor was the proof of guilt "clear and convincing" (People v Oyola, 6 NY2d 259, 261, 263).
Concur: Glickman, P. J., Pittoni and Silberman, JJ.