Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Peter Gerstenzang Stuart I. Greenberg for Francis D. Phillips, II, District Attorney (Barbara J. Strauss of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD McGRATH, Appellant. Order affirmed for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Arthur D. Spatt at the Appellate Division ( 135 A.D.2d 60). Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA.