Legal Opinion
People v. Cassas
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 17, 1995PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
The primary issue here is whether an attorney’s state ment, incriminating his client in the murder of his wife and constituting the principal evidence against the defendant, was properly admitted into evidence. We conclude that it was not and we reverse.
Defendant was charged and convicted of firing four bullets into the back of the head and neck of his wife, Jan Cassas, at their Brooklyn home in the early morning hours of June 25, 1987. Jan Cassas died as a result of her wounds.
Defendant and his then-attorney Samuel Hirsch on that same morning went to the police…
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