Legal Opinion
People v. Pignataro
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 9, 1934PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
About nine o’clock in the night of October 10, 1932, at Twelfth avenue and Eighty-third street, Brooklyn, two unknown men were seen to run away from an abandoned car. In it the police discovered the dead body of Gemma Pignataro with twenty wounds inflicted by a knife. Fiore Pignataro, husband of the slain woman, Frank Zock, Michael Rybka, Edward Grimaldi and Fiore Grimaldi were tried for murder in the first degree. Zock and Rybka were acquitted but the others were convicted and their appeals are now here.
Joseph Pagano, brother of the owner of the car, appeared as the chief witness for the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Kelley v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- People v. DoranNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- People v. . WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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3Cited by27 opinions
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