Legal Opinion
People v. Goodman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1981PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
We cannot agree with the Appellate Division that, in the circumstances of this case, the admission into evidence of statements taken from defendant in violation of his constitutional rights was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
Late in the afternoon of January 24, 1978, the body of Elodie Henschel was found in her New Rochelle apartment by the assistant manager of the building. Investigation disclosed that she had been brutally killed and that two diamond rings which she wore were gone.
In the course of the police investigation, on January 25, 1978 three officers…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. GoodmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. RingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. GoodmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Fox v. MartuscelloDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2019
- People v. ReddickNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
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