People v. Lewis

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County, rendered April 25, 1973, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of felony murder and manslaughter in the first degree. In the early morning hours of August 26, 1972 a passing motorist discovered 17-year-old Colleen Thurin along a highway adjacent to a secluded area not far from a tavern in the Town of New Paltz, Ulster County. Clad only in a shirt, her otherwise naked body exhibited signs of a severe beating. Police officers were summoned, to whom she related her experience of being raped and beaten. She was immediately…