Legal Opinion
People v. Thomas
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1980PublishedCited by 449 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder for stabbing and killing a woman and her two children in their Bronx apartment. The Appellate Division reversed and ordered a new trial on the ground that the court’s charge on intent violated the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sandstrom v Montana (442 US 510). The Appellate Division also held that the error was not harmless and was reviewable as a question of law although the defendant had not preserved the point by objecting to this portion of the charge at trial. The People have appealed.
On the afternoon of March 21,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Henderson v. KibbeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- People v. PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by449 opinions
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- Connecticut v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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