PEOPLE v. CAMINITO


3 N.Y.2d 596 (1958)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Santo Caminito, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Noia, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 23, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Edelbaum for appellants.

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

In People v. Noia: Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.


FULD, J.

Concerned though we are with appeals in two separate cases, one involving Santo Caminito, the other, Charles Noia, we treat them together since they stem from the same prosecution and involve facts common to both.

Caminito, Noia and Frank Bonino were indicted in 1941 for the murder of one Hammeroff. At the trial, the only evidence of guilt consisted of confessions signed by each defendant in which...

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