Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Jerrold L. Neugarten Jerrold Tannenbaum of counsel), for Richard Steel for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. EMANUEL BATISTA and FRANCES BRANCIFORTE, Respondents. Order affirmed (People v Wharton, 46 N.Y.2d 924, 925). Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER.