Legal Opinion
Matter of Steyer
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 1988PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memokandum.
The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
On February 26, 1984, William Oakes (a murder suspect) confessed to police and was then transported to the Jefferson County jail by Investigator Robert Cooke and Detective Edward Simser. At his trial several months later, Oakes testified that Cooke and Simser had beaten and abused him during the trip, including firing a gun near his head and threatening him with it, in an effort to locate evidence. As a result of this testimony, the District Attorney questioned groups of officers about the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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