Legal Opinion
People v. Decker
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 2009PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
On December 3, 1987, the body of Victoria Mason was found in her apartment. She had been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Defendant Wayne Decker was the only suspect. Although he was questioned by police at the time, the police found the evidence against him to be of doubtful quality and decided not to prosecute.
The case was reopened 15 years later, in 2002, when the police attempted to get physical evidence through modern scientific techniques. Several items were tested for fingerprints and the presence of DNA, but did not ultimately yield any…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. GouveiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. TaranovichNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. VernaceNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- People v. RomeoNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
- People v. WinfreyNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
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