Legal Opinion
People v. Caruso
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1928PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
Francesco Caruso was indicted for murder in the first degree. His conviction was reversed by this court. (246 N. Y. 437.) Our opinion stated briefly the facts of the killing. Caruso’s child was sick; Dr. Péndola was in attendance; the child died; Caruso killed the doctor. “ Caruso attacked him in anger, choked him until he fell to the floor, then went to a closet ten or twelve feet away, took a knife and stabbed him twice in the throat, so killing him.”
When the case was called for retrial, Caruso pleaded guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and was sentenced by the county judge to an…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- People v. GowaskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- People v. CarusoNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- People v. RosenNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- State v. LynchSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1895
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Malatkofski v. United States. Seigel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
- People v. GriffinNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- People v. KrennenNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- State v. BlackerOregon Supreme Court · 1963
- Matter of Lyons v. RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
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