Frank A. Gulotta (June 4, 1907 – December 10, 1989) was a

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judge, and a Nassau County district attorney.

Biography

Gulotta was born in

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in 1907 to Italian immigrant parents. He graduated from Newtown High School in

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.Hurley, Ed (December 3, 1978).
Historic Newtown High: An Honor Roll of Notables
. ''Daily News'' (New York, New York). p. QX4. He graduated from St. John's University Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1932. He entered government service as Lynbrook village counsel and a zoning board member in the late 1930s. A

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in the

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during

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, he won three battle stars for service in Africa and Italy. He was also an assistant district attorney from 1938–49, when Gov.

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appointed him district attorney for Nassau County. In 1956, in the biggest case of his career, Gulotta prosecuted

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in the kidnap-murder of 33-day-old Peter Weinberger; LaMarca was executed. Gulotta held the district attorney office until 1958, when he was first elected to the state's

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. He joined the Appellate Division in 1971 and retired in 1977. He was a senior associate justice until 1983.

Death

Gulotta died from complications of diabetes at Franklin Hospital Medical Center in

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on December 10, 1989, aged 82. He was survived by his wife, a brother, 3 children and 6 grandchildren.

Children

One of his sons,

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, was the Republican county executive of

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from 1987 to 2001. Another, Frank Gulotta, Jr."Frank A. Gulotta, 82, Ex-New York Justice"
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'', December 12, 1989. was a Nassau County judge "Rice Charges Three in Mortgage Company Scam"
, nassaucountyny.gov, April 10, 2006: "On Thursday, April 6, 2006 a search warrant for the defendants' business, Old Commonwealth Mortgage, LLC. was secured by Judge Frank A. Gulotta ... .

References

1907 births 1989 deaths American politicians of Italian descent Newtown High School alumni New York (state) lawyers New York Supreme Court Justices People from Brooklyn People from Lynbrook, New York 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American judges Deaths from diabetes Nassau County District Attorneys American lawyers and judges of Italian descent United States Army personnel of World War II {{US-state-judge-stub