Legal Opinion
People v. Kingston
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 30, 1960PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
The defendant, charged with killing his four-year-old foster son, Ronald, was indicted for first degree manslaughter. Convicted after trial of that crime in its second degree, he appealed to the Appellate Division and, following affirmance of the judgment, he was granted permission to appeal to this court.
An autopsy revealed 35 bruises on the child’s body inflicted within 24 hours of death and that he died of ‘' shock due to blood loss” resulting from a “tearing of the mesentery”.1 The *386medical testimony established that a blow or a kick to the stomach or back, or a push into a hard object,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- People v. MleczkoNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- People v. CarboranoNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- People v. BuchalterNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
- Commonwealth v. RiggsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
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3Cited by34 opinions
- People v. UdzinskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. GarciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. DanielsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. CasperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- People v. OchoaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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