People v. . Shilitano
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of New York, rendered March 6, 1914, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. Also, appeal from an order of said court, entered October 5, 1915, denying a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the county of New York, rendered March 6, 1914, upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of murder in the first degree. Also, appeal from an order of said court, entered October 5, 1915, denying a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The court committed substantial error in admitting over defendant’s objection the testimony of the witness Sellitto and the testimony of the witness Verno as to conversations with the brother…
1DissentHogan, J.
At about 11: 45 o’clock in the evening of May 13th, 1913, in front of No. 239 Mullberry street in the city of New York, an atrocious crime was committed. One Rizzo, a man about twenty-two years of age, one Heaney, a police officer, and one Teare, a police officer, were the victims. The three persons named were shot, one immediately following the other, and all died as a result thereof. It is asserted by the People that the three men were slain by one and the same person.
The defendant was indicted and • tried for, the murder of Officer Heaney. The trial resulted in a conviction of murder in…
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