Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) James I. Myerson Thomas Hoffman for Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Jeremiah Jochnowitz Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. RICHARD L. PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent. Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice G. ROBERT WITMER at the Appellate Division ( 54 A.D.2d 147). Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.