Opinion
Submitted March 26, 1976
Decided April 29, 1976
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, CHARLES G. TIERNEY, J.
Richard A. Greenberg and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.
Mario Merola, District Attorney (Robert M. Moll of counsel), for respondent.
Order reversed and a new trial ordered on the dissenting memorandum by Presiding Justice HAROLD A. STEVENS at the Appellate Division ( 48 A.D.2d 778), noting also our recent decision in People v Alicea ( 37 N.Y.2d 601).
Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.