Legal Opinion
People v. Donovan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 8, 1963PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
On this appeal by the defendants Donovan and Mencher from convictions for murder in the first degree, the only issue of consequence is the admissibility of Donovan’s written confession. We are thus again confronted with the problem of achieving ‘ ‘ a balance between the competing interests of society in the protection of cherished individual rights * # * and in effective law enforcement and investigation of crime ”. (People v. Waterman, 9 N Y 2d 561, 564.)
James Beatty, a payroll guard, was shot to death during the course of a robbery committed in Queens County on May 10, 1961. Donovan was…
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