People v. . Lagroppo
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the ' Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 28, 1904, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions in the county of New York convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the ' Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 28, 1904, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions in the county of New York convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The charge under which this case was submitted to the jury was erroneous, and though there are no exceptions to the charge, it is sought upon this appeal to attack its correctness because of the permission given in section 527 of the Code of Criminal…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree upon an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. Upon a review of the case at the Appellate Division, the judgment of conviction was affirmed. The questions presented by this appeal are whether there was evidence to establish the charge of homicide sufficient to carry the case to the jury and whether any material legal error was committed at the trial.
The question of fact involved in the case was whether the defendant feloniously caused the death of one Antonio A vacate on the 30th day of May, 1902, The criminal agency…
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