Legal Opinion
People v. Thomas
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 2014PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of murdering his four-month-old son, Matthew Thomas. The evidence considered by the jury included a statement in which he admitted that on three occasions during the week preceding the infant’s death he “slammed” Matthew down on a mattress just 17 inches above the floor and a videotape of defendant’s interrogation, near the *636end of which defendant, a particularly large individual,1 demonstrated how he raised the infant above his head and threw him down with great force on the low-lying mattress. The jury also heard…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Garrity v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gardner v. BroderickSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by76 opinions
- Cathryn Ann Linn v. State of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2019
- The People v. Jin Cheng LinNew York Court of Appeals · 2016
- Thomas v. City of TroyDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2018
- People v. McCartyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2023
- People v. ScaringeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
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