PEOPLE v. SUGDEN


35 N.Y.2d 453 (1974)

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Harold Gross for appellant.

Henry G. Wenzel, III, District Attorney (John M. Lockwood of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS concur.


Chief Judge BREITEL.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for murder (Penal Law, § 125.25, subd. 1) after a jury trial and a sentence from 20 years to life imprisonment.

An issue is whether an expert may base his opinion on an out-of-court written statement of a witness who testified at the trial. Also presented is the admissibility of a statement and re-enactment of the crime by a defendant, obtained...

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