People v. Oliver
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of the crimes of burglary in the first degree and assault in the third degree. The complaining witness, Mrs. Jane Sickinger, while living alone in an apartment, was awakened at about 2:30 a.m. and heard knocking on her door. She went to the door, opened it about an inch and saw standing there a man who said, “ I am going to talk to John”, and thereupon, as he pushed the door open, “lunged” for her throat. He choked her, as she “ scratched him and clawed him ”, until she slumped to the floor. He then left. Apparently there was no one named John…
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