Legal Opinion
People v. Seiler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 28, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Mercure, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), rendered January 11, 1985, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree.
In the early morning hours of April 23, 1983, defendant, armed with a knife, went to the apartment of Rita Sievers. Defendant threatened her with his knife and then repeatedly stabbed her, causing her death. Sievers’ screams awakened her upstairs neighbor, Kathleen Simpson, who immediately called the police. Upon arrival, police found Sievers’ naked body in the hallway at the bottom of the stairs. Cause…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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