People v. . McElvaine
New York Court of Appeals
A ppeal from a judgment entered in the court of oyer and terminer of Kings county, upon the verdict of a jury convicting the defendant of murder in the first degree. The opinion of the court of appeals upon a prior appeal is given at page 149 of this volume. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtRuger, C. J.
Upon a former appeal by the defendant in this case from a conviction of murder in the first degree this court ordered a new trial upon the ground that an error had been committed in allowing an expert witness for the people to answer an improperly framed hypothetical question relating to the sanity of the defendant (People v. McElvaine, 121 N. Y. 250 ; 8 N. Y. Crim. Rep. 149.) The defendant has again been tried upon the indictment, and the jury have again found him guilty of the crime charged, and from the judgment rendered upon that con vietion this appeal is taken. No question is made but…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. . McElvaineNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
- People v. Ah YingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
3Cited by36 opinions
- Cooper v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- People v. ArmlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Murphy v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- People v. GelikkayaNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Youtsey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
31 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.