New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York v. Frank Cassidy, Appellant-Respondent the People of the State of New York v…
November 30, 197640 N.Y.2d 763
Summary
The New York Court of Appeals held that the merger doctrine, which bars separate kidnapping convictions when the abduction is merely incidental to another crime, survived the 1967 revision of the Penal Law and therefore precludes kidnapping in the second degree convictions in the cases of Cassidy, Dolan, and Usher.