PEOPLE v. LEWIS


282 A.D. 267 (1953)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. McDonald Lewis, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Levy for appellant.

Emmett J. Lynch, District Attorney, for respondent.

FOSTER, P. J., COON, HALPERN and IMRIE, JJ., concur.


BERGAN, J.

The indictment in a few words accuses defendant of manslaughter in the first degree. It charges that on January 14, 1951, in "the heat of passion" he shot and killed Alice Rose McKittrick with a revolver. It negatives justification or excuse for the described homicide.

Defendant was the owner of a rooming house and grill in Schenectady. The proof on the trial indicates he had been intimate with...

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