People v. Crumble

The defendant has been convicted of murder in the first degree. The deceased had been his mistress. He admitted he had inflicted the stab wounds that resulted in her death. His only claim was that when this occurred his intelligence was suspended by drunkenness. Accordingly, the trial judge in his charge said to the jury, “ In fact, there is not much dispute here as to what really happened, except as to the mental condition of the defendant at the time that he cut this girl.”

In People v. Leonardi (143 N. Y. 360) we said: “ By our statute deliberation and premeditation are necessary…