Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Ray v. Martin
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 1, 1945PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
Relator is serving, in a New York State prison, a life sentence imposed on him by the Supreme Court of the State of New York on December 15, 1939, for the commission, at the city of Salamanca, in Cattaraugus County, New York, of. a “ felony murder ” (Penal Law, § 1044, subd. 2; § 1045a). Almost the whole of the city of Salamanca, including the scene of the killing, is within the hounds of the Allegany Reservation of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Relator is not an Indian, nor was his victim, one Paul Balsiger. In this habeas corpus proceeding-relator asserts that the Supreme Court of this…
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