Legal Opinion
People v. Jandelli
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 4, 1982PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Herbert A. Posner, J.
THE ISSUES
Insanity was the only defense at the trial of 16-year-old Robert Jandelli for the murder of his 26-year-old sister. After being sequestered for 10 days1 and deliberating for *38510 hours, the jury brought back a verdict of murder in the second degree.
The defendant contended2 in both a motion for a trial order of dismissal (at the end of the People’s direct case) and in a motion to set aside the jury’s verdict, that it was error to permit the People to rely upon the presumption of sanity and rest their direct case without presenting any evidence…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Lee v. County Ct. of Erie CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- People v. SantarelliNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. LeyvaNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. SilverNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
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