People v. . Leonardo
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered January 25, 1910, at an Extraordinary Trial Term for the county of Albany upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The admission of testimony as to declarations of deceased constitutes reversible error.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered January 25, 1910, at an Extraordinary Trial Term for the county of Albany upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The admission of testimony as to declarations of deceased constitutes reversible error. (Lahey v. Ottman & Co., 73 Hun, 61; People v. Del Vermo, 192 N. Y. 470; Wharton on Homicide [3d ed.], § 629; People v. Shaw, 3 Hun, 272.) The producing of John H. Farrell and his evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The defendant was jointly indicted with Dominico Ferrara and charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, committed October 2, 1909, by stabbing George E. Phelps and inflicting upon him such wounds as to result in his death. Ferrara was separately tried and found guilty. An appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction, and this court has affirmed his conviction, and the opinion in connection therewith is handed down with the opinion in this case. We refer to the opinion in that case (People v. Ferrara, 199 N. Y. 414, 26 N. Y. Crim, ante for a description of the building occupied…
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- People v. . FerraraNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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