Legal Opinion

People v. Caprio

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 14, 1966PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHopkins, J.

The defendant was indicted and convicted of the crimes of burglary ill the third degree and grand larceny in the second degree. Proof of his guilt depends in large part on the testimony and a pretrial written statement of Peter Thomashefsky, an alleged accomplice. The defendant challenges that testimony and, in particular, the admissibility of that statement. We deal with those questions here.

On a Sunday evening, in June, 1962, Thomashefsky rang the doorbell of an Hlmont (Nassau County) residence. Receiving no answer, he entered the backyard, broke a cellar window, *147crawled into the basement…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. People v. . DixonNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
  2. People v. BeardenNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. People v. . McLaughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  4. People v. . SweeneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. People v. . EverhardtNew York Court of Appeals · 1887

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. People v. RajaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  3. People v. FieldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  4. People v. DillenbeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  5. Iannielli v. Consolidated Edison Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980

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