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People v. Rodriguez

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 10, 1962PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFtjld, J.

The defendants Rodriguez and Carde stand convicted of common-law premeditated murder for the ldlling of Jose Torres and Noreen Russell.

The bodies of the two victims who had been fatally shot were discovered in the early morning of Sunday, January 22, 1961, in the muckland area of the Town of Shelby in Orleans County and a 1955 Chevrolet automobile belonging to Torres was found nearby. It was the People’s theory that the defendants committed the murders as part of a plan to steal the car and their case rested almost entirely upon statements made by the defendants which thoroughly implicated…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  4. Nardone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  5. Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. People v. DoradoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
  3. People v. SettlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Duncan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965

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