Legal Opinion
People v. Leyra
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 12, 1951PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFboessel, J.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, January 10, 1950, Camilo Leyra, Sr., seventy-five years old, and Catherine, his wife, eighty years old, were found dead in their rear apartment on the first floor of premises 105 Quincy Street, Brooklyn. Death resulted in each case from a fractured skull, caused by several blows from a hammer. Their son, Camilo Leyra, Jr., fifty years old, is the defendant in this action. He now stands convicted of the murder of both parents, and has been sentenced to death on each of said convictions.
The verdict rests largely upon alleged confessions of the defendant. If they…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Malinski v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Leyra v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- People v. AndersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. TarsiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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