Legal Opinion
People v. Cassado
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 7, 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J.), rendered on August 20, 1987, convicting defendants of second degree murder and sentencing them to prison terms of 25 years to life, are unanimously affirmed.
The evidence adduced at trial sufficiently established defendants’ guilt of second degree murder charges, stemming from a contract killing of a drug dealer.
Defendants’ claim that the court’s decision to allow the first four sworn jurors to absent themselves from the remaining voir dire without obtaining their consent, in violation of CPL 270.15 (3), deprived them of a fair…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. SpearsNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. KilpatrickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
3Cited by7 opinions
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- People v. CruzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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