Legal Opinion
People v. Kohlmeyer
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1940PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSears, J.
The record shows without dispute that the defendant, Clifford J. Kohlmeyer, committed acts which constitute the crime of which he stands convicted, robbery in the first degree. His defense is that at the time of his acts he was suffering from such a defect of reason as not to know their nature and quality or that they were wrong.
As probative of the defense of incompetency, defendant offered in evidence, under Civil Practice Act, section 374-a (applicable by Code of Criminal Procedure, section 392), copies of hospital records in Wisconsin relating to the insanity of his paternal grandmother.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. . NinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Walsh v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Wyse v. . WyseNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Stone v. GoodmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Goodkin v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Archibald Lyles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Meiselman v. Crown Heights Hospital, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Commissioner of Social Services v. Philip De G.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Weis v. WeisOhio Supreme Court · 1947
- Williams v. AlexanderNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
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