Legal Opinion
People v. Cruz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 21, 2016No. 106336PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Williams, J.), rendered November 7, 2013, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of murder in the second degree and petit larceny.
In February 2013, Anita Jacobs-Royer (hereinafter the victim) was discovered dead in her residence in the City of Kingston, Ulster County. An autopsy revealed that the victim had been strangled and, by the time she was discovered, she had been dead for approximately 48 hours. During the ensuing investigation, surveillance video was recovered showing the victim with defendant two days before her…
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