Legal Opinion
People v. De Jesus
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 18, 1977PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCooke, J.
"It is 'the law of the land’ that no man’s life, liberty or property be forfeited as a punishment until there has been a charge fairly made and fairly tried in a public tribunal” (Matter of Oliver, 333 US 257, 278). Such a right constitutes the most fundamental of all freedoms (Estes v Texas, 381 US 532, 540). The underlying issue here is whether defendant Freddie De Jesus was deprived of such a trial.
The prosecution’s proof indicated that at about 10:45 during the evening of August 30, 1972, while bakery truck driver Stephen Drowns waited in his halted vehicle for the gates of Levy’s Bakery…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by172 opinions
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- People v. MoultonNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. SavinonNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
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