People v. Miller

Cardozo, Ch. J.

The evidence amply sustains the verdict that the defendant shot and killed Gladys Blaich with a deliberate and premeditated design to cause her death.

An opinion would not be necessary if it were not for erroneous rulings of the trial judge which in this case were harmless, but which if repeated in other cases, where guilt is not so clearly proved, might cause justice to be thwarted.

The defendant’s mother, Mary Miller, gave testimony as to the defendant’s life history and his relations to the murdered woman. On cross-examination, she was questioned by the District Attorney as to…