Legal Opinion

People v. . Schleiman

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 28, 1910PublishedCited by 51 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, rendered October 8, 1909, at a Trial Term for the county of Kings, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. The facts, iso far as material, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Willard Bartlett, J.:

The facts in this case do not differ materially from those which we were recently called upon to consider in reviewing the conviction of Carlo Giro, who was engaged in the same burglary and held responsible for the same homicide. (People v. Giro, 197 N. Y. 152.) It is not necessary to restate these facts here, inasmuch as to do so we should merely have to repeat the language of Judge Vann in dealing with that branch of the case. Upon both trials it was clearly established that this defendant Schleiman must have fired the fatal shot. The only question which differentiates…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Ruloff v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  3. People v. SanchezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  4. People v. RectorNew York Supreme Court · 1838
  5. Brennan v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1854

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. People v. MussendenNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
  2. People v. MoranNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  3. People v. WalshNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
  4. Richmond v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1976
  5. People v. UtterMichigan Supreme Court · 1921

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