Legal Opinion
People v. Thomas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 20, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aiello, J.), rendered September 10, 1985, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree (10 counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was convicted of killing 10 people in Brooklyn on April 15, 1984, in what has become known as the Palm Sunday Massacre. During the investigation of the case, police sought to search the Bronx home in which the defendant had previously lived with his family until…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- People v. AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. AlmesticaNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. ZindrosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- People v. StadtmoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. ToroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. MillsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. GeorgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. WaughAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. SegnaNew York Supreme Court · 1993