Legal Opinion

People v. Kolb

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 3, 1986Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Vaughn, J.), rendered April 10, 1984, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

*592As we held in the case of the defendant’s brother (see, People v Kolb, 118 AD2d 590), the statements made by the victim shortly before his demise come within the dying declaration exception to the hearsay rule (see generally, People v Nieves, 108 AD2d 165; People v Coniglio, 79 Misc 2d 808; cf. People v Acomb, 87 AD2d 1, lv dismissed 56 NY2d 1034). The defendant’s remaining…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. AcombAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. ContiglioNew York Supreme Court · 1974
  3. People v. KolbAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  4. People v. NievesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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