[Download] "People State New York v. John Mangi" by Court of Appeals of New York # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. John Mangi
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 09, 1961
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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Under the principle of People v. Savvides (1 N.Y.2d 554), it must be held that a promise was made to the witness Gordon, who was an accomplice under indictment when he testified against appellant. Appellant was sentenced to State prison for not less than 7 1/2 or more than 15 years, having been convicted mainly on the testimony of Gordon and Gordon's wife. After appellant's conviction, execution was suspended of Gordon's sentence to the Elmira Reformatory on one count of his indictment, and sentence was suspended on the other count. Appellant may have been the more serious offender, nor do we mean to condemn the practice of holding accomplices for trial or sentence until after they give to the People the benefit of their testimony, provided that the jury, through being fully