PEOPLE v. GATES


24 N.Y.2d 666 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Arthur Richard Gates, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Korman and Gerald D. Stern for appellant.

Robert R. Meehan, District Attorney (Harold A. Seidenberg of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN concur.


Chief Judge FULD.

Patricia Gates was stabbed to death in the early morning hours of September 7, 1966, in her apartment in the Village of Spring Valley. The defendant, her estranged husband, was charged with the killing and convicted of murder in the first degree. Of the several questions raised on this appeal, we are, primarily, concerned with that involving the sufficiency of the evidence of the defendant's...

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