People v. Close
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Fulton County (Albanese, J.), rendered May 22,1980, upon a verdict convicting each defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree. Defendant and his wife were indicted and tried for the murder of defendant’s ex-wife, Ethel Close, into whom they injected a lethal amount of insulin at her home in Northville, New York, on April 24,1979. According to the individual *563confessions of each defendant, they entered decedent’s home prior to her return from work. A scuffle ensued during which Benedict Close grabbed decedent while Betty Jane Close…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- People v. YuklNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. AndersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
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