PEOPLE v. SAMUELS


302 N.Y. 163 (1951)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Theodore W. Samuels, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 18, 1951


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham J. Gellinoff, Herman C. Laster, William J. Calise, Jerome I. Hyman and Florence Match for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Charles W. Manning and Richard G. Denzer of counsel), for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE and FULD, JJ., concur.


FROESSEL, J.

Defendant-appellant, twenty-seven years old, is under sentence of death upon a conviction for murder in the first degree. He was indicted for killing one Friedel Frank by beating and strangling her on or about June 2, 1948, and upon the record before us it is manifest that he did so. His defense was predicated principally on the theory of insanity.

Shortly after midnight on June 2, 1948, tenants...

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