Legal Opinion
People v. Craig
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 17, 1946PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Loughkau, Ch. J.
In June, 1943, the defendant Ethel K. Craig was convicted of arson in the first degree after a trial in the County Court of Orange County. The verdict of guilty rejected a plea of insanity which had been submitted to the jury. (See Code Crim. Pro., §§ 336, 454.) Before sentence was pronounced, two qualified examiners in lunacy found the defendant to be insane and the court upon their report committed her to Matteawan State Hospital “ to be kept in custody until further disposition pursuant to the laws of the State of New York.” In June, 1944, the defendant was released from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. . BradnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- People Ex Rel. Hirschberg v. Orange County CourtNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- People v. La BarberaNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- People v. . NesceNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
3Cited by26 opinions
- People v. FullerNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. SullivanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. McClainNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Clayton E. Gadsden v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- People v. SullivanNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
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