Legal Opinion
People v. Brosnan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 2, 1973PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBreitel, J.
As the aftermath to a casual pick-up acquaintanceship in a drinking bar, and a visit to another bar, defendant was convicted after a jury trial of larceny and assault upon his woman companion. She had been found, abandoned, unconscious, bloodied, and with a fractured skull, beside the gasoline pumps of a service station at 6:00 a.m. The Appellate Division modified, leaving only the assault conviction outstanding.
On appeal by defendant, the responsibility for the brutal crime is not contested; raised, among others, are issues on search and seizure and the prosecutor’s inflammatory summation to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Preston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Dyke v. Taylor Implement Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden v. William Eugene PorterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by89 opinions
- People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. D'AlessandroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. IngleNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. BeltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. RoopchandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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