Legal Opinion
People v. Lane
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 30, 1961PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
The judgments convicting defendants of felony murder and sentencing them to death must be reversed and new trials ordered.
The most substantial errors raised by appellants concern the admissibility of their confessions, nature of the search resulting in discovery of the revolver, sufficiency of evidence corroborating accomplice testimony, and propriety of actions of the District Attorney.
We hold that no error was committed in submitting to the jury, under proper instructions, the voluntary nature of the confessions, although obtained after removal from the county jail, and during a delay in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Henry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by21 opinions
- People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. CosmeNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Blake v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. Charles Everett, Relator-Appellant v. Robert E. Murphy, Warden, Auburn State Prison, Auburn, New York,respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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