Legal Opinion
People v. Culhane
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 23, 1973PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
This is an appeal from judgments of the County Court of Ulster County based on jury verdicts convicting the appellants of felony murder and sentencing both of them to death. Since this is a case in which the death penalty was *95imposed, the appeal came directly to our court from the County Court (CPL 450.70).
In view of our recent decision in People v. Fitzpatrick (32 N Y 2d 499), declaring this State’s death penalty statute unconstitutional, we should — as a minimum — remand this case for resentencing. The appellants, however, raise several issues which they claim require reversal of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Marshall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by147 opinions
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