Legal Opinion
People v. Gordon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 28, 1985PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldman, J.), rendered March 15, 1982, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The evidence adduced at trial, while wholly circumstantial, was sufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that on May 3, 1977 defendant killed eight-year-old Nathan Scharf by throwing him off the roof of a six-story building in Brooklyn (People v Benzinger, 36 NY2d 29, 32). Witnesses put defendant in the company of the boy, who had a bicycle with him, from shortly…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. HobsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. BenzingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
3Cited by4 opinions
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- People v. LoliscioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Quartararo v. HanslmaierDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1998
- People v. GolliverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987