Legal Opinion
People v. Gezzo
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 14, 1954PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConway, J.
On December 25, 1952, at about 3:00 p.m., Mrs. Mary Frank was shot and killed and one Stephen Spotten was wounded at the home of Mrs. Frank in the hamlet of Speigletown, Rensselaer County. It is admitted that defendant fired the shots and that he then shot himself in the head in an attempt at suicide.
On January 29, 1953, defendant was indicted on two separate indictments, the first of which charged him with the crime of murder in the first degree, for the murder of Mrs. Frank, and the second of which charged him with the crime of attempted murder in the first degree, for the crime committed…
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