Legal Opinion

People v. . Qualey

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 3, 1914PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June SO, 1913, which affirmed a judgment rendered at a Trial Term for the county of New York upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Willard Bartlett, Ch. J.

There is only one question presented by this appeal which seems of sufficient importance to require discussion in an opinion.

The right of an accused person to be confronted with wit nesses against him is guaranteed by the Constitution of every state of the Union except California, Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota and New York. This statement is based upon an examination of the latest collection of American Constitutions available for reference in the New York State Library at Albany. In some of the states the right guaranteed to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Thompson v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. People v. . FishNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  4. Barron v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1848

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. People v. SimmonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Sackheim v. . PigueronNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  3. People Ex Rel. Pincus v. AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
  4. Landay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939
  5. Fleury v. EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1964

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