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People v. Elmore

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 12, 1938PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Crane, Ch. J.

The defendant has been convicted of murder in the first degree for having killed a little girl, Joan Kuleba, on Staten Island (Richmond county) on the 12th day of August, 1937, after or during a sexual assault upon her. It was a revolting crime and one over which indignation against the perpetrator rises as the evdence is read, but yet legal judgment must be kept in the balance and the case examined to determine whether the defendant’s life has been forfeited by our rules of law. Twice the defendant confessed, and the confessions were taken down in writing and signed by him after…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. DoranNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. Brotherton v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. People v. BarbatoNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. People v. AlexNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
  5. People v. . TrybusNew York Court of Appeals · 1916

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. People v. VictorNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. RamosNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
  4. State v. GradyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  5. The People v. Jin Cheng LinNew York Court of Appeals · 2016

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