PEOPLE v. SPANO


4 N.Y.2d 256 (1958)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vincent Joseph Spano, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. Siegal for appellant.

Daniel V. Sullivan, District Attorney (Irving Anolik, Walter E. Dillon and Irvin J. Goldsmith of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DYE and FROESSEL concur with Judge BURKE; Judge DESMOND dissents in an opinion in which Judges FULD and VAN VOORHIS concur.


BURKE, J.

Defendant has been convicted of murder in the first degree. Except for the issue as to the admissibility of a confession made by the defendant our affirmance of that conviction requires no discussion.

On February 3, 1957 the defendant telephoned one Bruno, a New York City policeman whom he had known for several years, and admitted to him that he had shot and killed the decedent, Palermo, after...

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