Legal Opinion
People v. Castro
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 1989PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerald Sheindlin, J.
In the midst of an extensive pretrial hearing, dealing with *277the admissibility of DNA identification tests, the court is called upon to determine whether certain X-ray films were sufficiently authenticated to allow their admission into evidence at the hearing. This written decision supplements the oral decision of this court rendered during the hearing.
The defendant is charged with the murder of a 20-year-old pregnant woman and her two-year-old daughter. The People, intending to prove at trial that the origin of bloodstains on defendant’s wrist watch was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. MiddletonNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. Wesley, New York County Courts1988
- Galuska v. ArbaizaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Harth v. Nicholas Liakis & Son, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1980
3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RodgersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- State v. MontalboHawaii Supreme Court · 1992
- Knight v. WalshDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2007
- People v. JardinNew York Supreme Court · 1992