Legal Opinion
People v. Douglas
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 14, 1988PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerald Sheindlin, J.
The defendant was indicted for murder in the second degree and attempted murder in the second degree, it being alleged that on November 27, 1986 she caused the death of her four-year-old son, Laurence, and caused serious injury to her five-year-old son, Lamont, by throwing both children out of her fourth floor apartment window.
The court is confronted with the question of whether to accept a plea of guilty, to manslaughter in the first degree, from a defendant who is competent to stand trial, but suffers from traumatic amnesia leaving her unable to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- People v. SerranoNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- People v. FrancabanderaNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. SeatonNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- People v. Soto, New York County Courts1972
3Cited by2 opinions
- York v. ShulsenCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1994
- People v. SpencerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017