Legal Opinion
People v. Ruff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 16, 1992PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWeiss, P. J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Keegan, J.), rendered April 23, 1990, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree.
On September 1, 1957, defendant’s 11-year-old cousin (hereinafter the victim) was found dead in a kneeling position hanging from a tree in a vacant lot near his home in the Town of Colonie, Albany County. An autopsy revealed that the death was the result of strangulation and that the victim had been sodomized. Investigations at that time and several years later in 1965 were fruitless and the crime remained unsolved.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- People v. RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- In re Leon RRNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. BingNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. KazmarickNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hochhauser v. Electric InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- People v. AdamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. MawhineyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2026