PEOPLE v. FRIEDMAN


39 N.Y.2d 463 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Howard Friedman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Greig for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Ronny Greenwald Siegal of counsel), for respondent.

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


GABRIELLI, J.

Defendant was indicted for the crime of murder (Penal Law, § 125.25) in connection with the savage beating of a two-year-old child, Shari Canal, the daughter of his paramour. The child had been left alone with the defendant in the mother's apartment for a short period of time during which the mother went to the basement laundry. Upon her return to...

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