People v. Taddio
New York Court of Appeals
The People failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, I. The defendant committed the crime. II. The facts, circumstances and the inferences which naturally flow therefrom, prove defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Weiss, 290 N. Y. 160; Greenfield v. People of the State of N. Y., 85 N. Y. 75; People v. Willett, 213 N. Y. 368; The People v. Conroy, 97 N. Y. 62; People v. Place, 157 N. Y. 584.)
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The dead body of Mary Rycoitch was found at nine o’clock on the morning of December 29, 1942, lying in a field west of an unpaved lane which leads southerly from Bloomfield Avenue in the Borough of Richmond, New York City. The decedent had suffered three wounds. On the right side of the skull was a fracture so extensive as to cause a large blood clot within the brain cavity; on the left side of the neck were two deep lacerations. Two days later the defendant was arrested and now stands convicted of murder in the first degree under an indictment which charged that on or about December 28,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. . GalboNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- People v. . FitzgeraldNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- People v. . HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People v. WeissNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- People v. . RazeziczNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
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- People v. AgronNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- People v. CarpenitoNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
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