Legal Opinion

People v. . Kraft

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 3, 1896PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the general term, which reversed the judgment of conviction of defendant for manslaughter on the ground of errors of law.

1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.

The defendant was convicted under an indictment charging her with the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, for having caused the death of Bertha Kern through the use of instruments, with intent to procure a miscarriage, not necessary to preserve her life. Upon appeal the general term reversed the judgment of conviction for errors of law, and not for errors of fact, and ordered a new trial. The deceased made an ante mortem statement to the coroner while at the hospital, to which she had been removed, and an objection was made by defendant to its admission, based, among other grounds…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1887

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. MarksNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. People v. NievesNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. CortesNew York Supreme Court · 2004
  4. People v. . CoreyNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  5. People v. . FallettoNew York Court of Appeals · 1911

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