Legal Opinion

People v. Arnold

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 15, 1985PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCHNEPP, J.

On February 8, 1982 defendant confessed to the Buffalo police that he had stabbed Susan Mostilla, who died as the result of four stab wounds in the vicinity of her heart. He was tried and found guilty by a jury of first degree manslaughter and on October 21, 1982 he was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 12 Vz to 25 years. Following a hearing on September 11, 1984, at which it was found that the court had improperly *102determined that he was a second felony offender, defendant was resentenced to an indeterminate term of 8 Vs to 25 years.

The chief issue on appeal…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. People v. ArmlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  5. People v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. People v. ClicknerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. People v. PenaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  3. State v. RhodeCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1993
  4. People v. GaleaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. People v. SwanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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