Legal Opinion
People v. Zackowitz
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1930PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
On November 10, 1929, shortly after midnight, the defendant in Kings county shot Frank Coppola and killed him without justification or excuse. A crime is admitted. What is doubtful is the degree only.
Four young men, of whom Coppola was one, were at work repairing an automobile in a Brooklyn street. A woman, the defendant’s wife, walked by on the opposite side. One of the men spoke to her insultingly, or so at least she understood him. The defendant, who had dropped behind to buy a newspaper, came up to find his wife in tears. He was told she had been insulted, though she did…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- People v. . WebsterNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Coleman v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- People v. . RodawaldNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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3Cited by154 opinions
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- People v. VentimigliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- People v. AllweissNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. CrawfordMichigan Supreme Court · 1998
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