Legal Opinion

People v. Pagan

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

Decided September 15, 2011PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mercure, J.E

In 2004, a fire destroyed an apartment building that was purportedly occupied by defendant, codefendant Victor Pagan and John Hart, and owned by defendant’s father, codefendant Jeffrey Alnutt. Defendant informed investigators that she may have caused the fire when she left her apartment’s stove on unattended and, because other evidence was consistent with that explanation, the fire was initially deemed to have been accidental. Defendant, Pagan, Alnutt and Hart thereafter made claims against their respective insurance policies.

Police subsequently reopened their investigation into…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Cruz v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. People v. ForbesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  2. People v. PaganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. People v. MalakAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. MurrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. People v. HernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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