Legal Opinion
People v. Sugden
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 1974PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Breitel.
Defendant appeals from a conviction for murder (Penal Law, § 125.25, subd. 1) after a jury trial and a sentence from 20 years to life imprisonment.
An issue is whether an expert may base his opinion on an out-of-court written statement of a witness who testified at the trial. Also presented is the admissibility of a statement and re-enactment of the crime by a defendant, obtained in the absence of counsel, after a court order authorizing a defendant’s removal from county jail for the purpose of assisting the police investigation in this case.
There should be an affirmance. A…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by145 opinions
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- Deshawn E. ex rel. Charlotte E. v. SafirCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- People v. AngeloNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. SandersNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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