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People v. Donovan

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 7, 1983PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The sentence imposed cannot be said to constitute cruel and unusual punishment as applied in light of the decisions of this court in People v Jones (39 NY2d 694) and People v Broadie (37 NY2d 100, cert den 423 US 950) and of the Supreme Court in Hutto v Davis (454 US 370) and Rummel v Estelle (445 US 263).

Nor do defendant’s other contentions avail her. The claimed evidentiary errors were not objected to at trial and thus are not preserved for our review. Evidence corroborating an accomplice need only tend to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Hutto v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. People v. BroadieNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. People v. GlasperNew York Court of Appeals · 1981

3Cited by45 opinions

  1. People v. ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. People v. GeorgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. TexidorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  5. People v. DannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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