Legal Opinion
People v. Rogers
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 7, 1981PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The defendant was convicted of felony murder and related offenses for killing and raping Linda Jack in Brooklyn in the summer of 1974. The Appellate Division affirmed, without opinion. The defendant appeals. The primary issue is whether admissions made by the defendant to the police following an arrest without probable cause were properly allowed into evidence.
On the morning of August 10, 1974, the partly clad body of Linda Jack was found in an alleyway of a residential area of Coney Island. She had been stabbed in the throat and abdomen. A broad path of blood…
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