Legal Opinion

People v. . Fisher

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 28, 1918PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the ■Supreme 'Court in the first judicial department, entered March 8, 1918, reversing a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of Mew York, rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree, and, granting a new trial. The facts, so far as material, are stated' ih the opinion. The deposition was properly in evidence.

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the ■Supreme 'Court in the first judicial department, entered March 8, 1918, reversing a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of Mew York, rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree, and, granting a new trial. The facts, so far as material, are stated' ih the opinion. The deposition was properly in evidence. (People v. Qualey, 210 N. Y. 202; People v. Bruno, 220 N. Y. 702, 175 App. Div. 33.) The trial court was bound to presume that all the proceedings in…

1Opinion of the Court

Chase, J.:

The defendant was convicted of grand' larceny in the first degree. (Penal Law, sec. 1294, subd. 1.) He appealed from the judgment entered thereon to the Appellate Division, and that court “ Ordered and adjudged that the judgment so- appealed from be and the same is hereby reversed and a new trial granted; and the said reversal is solely for errors at law and not for errors or questions of fact or as a matter of discretion; this court having reviewed all questions of fact and found no error therein.J;

The appeal -to this court therefrom without giving a stipulation that upon…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. SchmidtNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  2. People Ex Rel. Jerome v. Court of General Sessions of the PeaceNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
  3. Anderson v. . Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  4. People v. . QualeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. People v. . HusonNew York Court of Appeals · 1907

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GalloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  2. People v. La BarberaNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
  3. People v. DuffyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1930
  4. People v. DiazNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. People v. HaganNew York Court of Special Session · 1931

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