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PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

39 N.Y.2d 173 (1976)

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen S. Stim for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Paula Van Meter, Peter L. Zimroth and Robert M. Pitler of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

GABRIELLI, J.

In the late afternoon of December 30, 1972 the battered and hacked body of Saroj Bardhanabedya was found in appellant's room on the sixth floor of the Warrington Hotel in New York City. The deceased was a chambermaid in the hotel and had disappeared shortly after reporting for work at about 9:00 A.M. on the morning of her brutal demise. At that time she was observed leaving the elevator on the sixth...

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