Legal Opinion
People v. Rhoades
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 8, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Yesawich, Jr., J.
Appeal, from a judgment of the County Court of Sullivan County (Scheinman, J.), rendered April 23, 1981, upon a verdict convicting defendant of three counts of the crime of murder in the second degree.
On September 20, 1979, Margie Polizzi was raped, sodomized and, before her untimely death, severely beaten. The County Coroner testified that stab wounds in the sternum and abdomen, delivered with forceful thrusts, made without any hesitation, caused her death.
The victim, a 20-year-old girl who unfailingly arrived home on time, had not returned by 3:00 a.m., prompting an immedi*775at…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. MelendezNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. HughesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. KromNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. NelsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. ChurchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- People v. MarkiewiczAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. EarlAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. CotroneoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993