Legal Opinion
People v. Colantone
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1926PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
On October 5, 1923, in the County Court of Richmond county, defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree. On appeal the Appellate, Division affirmed the facts and reversed upon a question of law only, two of the justices dissenting. The People come here insisting that the Appellate Division was wrong in its law, and that we should reinstate the judgment of conviction. The point of law relates to evidence of the defendants reputation which was excluded.
This court has frequently stated that evidence of good character is a matter of substance; not of form, in criminal cases, and must…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Thomas v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- People v. . Van GaasbeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- People v. . ConrowNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Remsen v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
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3Cited by33 opinions
- People v. BoutonNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Kinard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Arterburn v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- People v. McDowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- United States v. Joseph Armand OliverCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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