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Shepherd v. . the People

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 5, 1862PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] When the crime of which the prisoner was convicted was committed it was punishable with death. The prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment in the State Prison at Sing Sing for life. The prisoner must have been sentenced on the theory that the provisions of the act of April 14, 1860, substituting imprisonment for life, for death, as the punishment for arson in the first degree, were intended to apply not only to an offence committed after that act took effect, but…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Dash v. Van KleeckNew York Supreme Court · 1811
  2. Cancemi v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
  3. Hartung v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  4. People v. GoodwinNew York Supreme Court · 1820
  5. People v. TaylorNew York Supreme Court · 1846

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Kring v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. United States v. Dominick Sabella and Charles LacasciaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  3. Murphy v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  4. People v. FarrellMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
  5. People v. . CignaraleNew York Court of Appeals · 1888

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