Legal Opinion

People v. Goldstein

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 24, 1941PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.

Shortly before midnight of September 4, 1939, a woman living near the intersection of Filmore avenue and East Fifty-second street in the borough of Brooklyn ventured out to investigate the source of a high flame which she had observed mounting from a vacant lot adjacent to her home. When she had partly extinguished the fire from which the flame arose she saw a human head emerge from charred wrappings. The body was that of Irving Feinstein who had met his death in a manner which later gave rise to the present criminal action.

The two appellants, Martin Goldstein and Harry Strauss, now stand…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. . KatzNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  2. People v. . DixonNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
  3. People v. RussellNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
  4. People v. KressNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
  5. People v. . BeckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. People v. BuchalterNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
  3. People v. FioreNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
  4. People v. PauleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
  5. Keller v. Brooklyn Bus CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942

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