Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Leland R. Yost for Nathan D. Lapham, District Attorney ( Lyman B. Lewis of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SAMUEL K. NESTER, Appellant. Judgment affirmed; no opinion. Concur: LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, HUBBS and FINCH, JJ. Dissenting: CRANE, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN and RIPPEY, JJ., on the ground that the exclusion of the evidence of defendant's good character was material error.