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PEOPLE v. FREELAND

36 N.Y.2d 518 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Elverton P. Freeland, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward G. McKnight, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henrietta M. Wolfgang, Nathaniel A. Barrell, Joseph B. Mistrett and Herbert M. Siegel for Elverton P. Freeland, appellant.

Joseph B. Mistrett, Nathaniel A. Barrell and Henrietta M. Wolfgang for Edward G. McKnight, appellant.

Edward C. Cosgrove, District Attorney (William E. Balthasar of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

Chief Judge BREITEL.

Defendants appeal from their convictions for the murder of one prostitute and attempted murder of another. The motive was racial retribution, and all the persons involved were Blacks. Defendant Freeland was sentenced for 20 years to life and defendant McKnight for 25 years to life. The victims had been brutally beaten, strangled, and stabbed by two men who had picked them up at night in an...

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