People v. Crum

The Constitution of this State in article VI, section 7, provides that the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals, except where the judgment is of death, shall be limited to the review of questions of law. "This," said the court in People v. Gaffey (182 N.Y. 257, 259), "enables us to review the facts in capital cases as we always did." A review of the facts means that we shall examine the evidence to determine whether in our judgment it has been sufficient to make out a case of murder beyond a reasonable doubt. We are obliged to weigh the evidence and form a conclusion as to the facts. It is…