PEOPLE v. POWELL


11 N.Y.2d 1 (1962)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Powell, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 22, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph Stand, Albert Felix, William C. Chance, Jr., Myron J. Greene and Jerome I. Hyman for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (H. Richard Uviller and Frederick J. Murphy of counsel), for respondent.

Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur.


Chief Judge DESMOND.

On a jury's verdict defendant has been convicted of murder, first degree, and sentenced to death.

During the evening of February 5, 1956, in her New York City apartment, the victim, Bernice Edmondson, was shot. When the police arrived she was still alive but died the next day at a hospital. The police officers testified at the trial that they talked with Miss Edmondson at the apartment...

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