People v. Pinckney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Benjamin,' J.
The question on this appeal is whether a Grand Jury could validly indict a defendant for manslaughter in the second degree and criminally negligent homicide where he sold a dangerous drug (heroin) to one Muthig and provided the instruments for its injection and thereby caused Muthig’s. death. The County Court held that these facts did not charge a crime.
The defendant was indicted by the Grand Jury, of Rockland County and, upon arraignment, entered a plea of not guilty. The indictment charges him, under three counts, with the felonies of manslaughter in the second degree,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- People v. BrengardNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- The People v. . BuddensieckNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
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- People v. ClineCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
- People v. LicenziataAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
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