Legal Opinion
People v. Valletutti
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 11, 1948PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
Early on the morning of October 11, 1945, two men attempted to hold up a Brooklyn tavern. One of the patrons resisted, and was shot and killed.
On December 7,1946, this defendant, then nineteen years old*, was released from confinement at Coxsackie reformatory for another offense, and was taken into custody at the reformatory by two New York City patrolmen. Handcuffed, he was driven to Brooklyn in the officers’ automobile. Questioned during the ride as to his alleged complicity in the barroom killing, he denied guilt or knowledge. In January, 1946, and again in March of that year, while in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Malinski v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- The People v. . McMahonNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- People v. CrumNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- People v. DitsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- People v. CotterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- People v. LeontiNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
- People v. LeyraNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
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