Legal Opinion
People v. Maerling
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 21, 1978PublishedCited by 236 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
On the night of April 14, 1972, two masked men forced their way into the Huntington, Suffolk County, home of Jerry Lo Basso, a reputed bookmaker. Besides Lo Basso, only his wife and his sister-in-law were present. Before leaving, the intruders ransacked the house, took possession of all the jewelry and cash they could lay their hands on, and, angered that the location of additional money in the house may not have been revealed, one of them killed Lo Basso by shooting him in the head. Mrs. Lo Basso, who also received a bullet wound and thereafter suffered a…
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