PEOPLE v. LEYRA


1 N.Y.2d 199 (1956)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Camilo Weston Leyra, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osmond K. Fraenkel and Frederick W. Scholem for appellant.

Edward S. Silver, District Attorney (William I. Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

DESMOND, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ., concur with FULD, J.; FROESSEL, J., dissents in an opinion in which CONWAY, Ch. J., concurs; DYE, J., taking no part.


FULD, J.

Defendant, charged with killing his mother and father, stands convicted, on both counts, of murder in the first degree. This is the third time that the case has been before us.

Defendant's father, 75 years old, and his mother, aged 80, were killed on Tuesday, January 10, 1950, in their apartment on Quincy Street in Brooklyn, New York. At first, a burglar or other intruder was suspected, but the...

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