The appellants were convicted of kidnapping Paul H. Wendel without legal authority. They argued that they acted in good faith based on their mistaken belief in their legal authority to make the arrest. During the trial, the court excluded some of the appellants' testimony about their beliefs, and instructed the jury that good faith is not a defense. The defendants appealed the conviction, and the court reversed the judgment of conviction because the jury had not been allowed to consider whether the defendants acted in good faith.
People v. Weiss (1938)
New York Court of Appeals
276 N.Y. 384
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