PEOPLE v. ESTES-EL, 49 N.Y.2d 719 (1980)

426 N.Y.S.2d 267, 402 N.E.2d 1168

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. MELVIN R. ESTES-EL, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.Argued January 4, 1980
Decided February 5, 1980

Appeal from the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, BENJAMIN E. LANDER, J.

Page 720

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Benjamin H. Green
and Vivian Berger of counsel), for appellant.

Marilyn A. Kneeland and William E. Hellerstein for respondent.

Order affirmed for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Term. It is the city’s burden to clarify the ambiguity in the Administrative Code which all members of the court recognize exists.

Concur: Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER. Chief Judge COOKE and Judge GABRIELLI concur in result.

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