PEOPLE v. EDWARDS


104 Misc.2d 305 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Christopher Edwards, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Onondaga County.

May 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Hennessy, Jr., District Attorney (John A. Cirando of counsel), for plaintiff. Meggesto, Wangerman & Werbalowsky (James A. Meggesto of counsel), for defendant.


WALTER T. GORMAN, J.

The defendant in this case, an American Indian, is charged under a New York State indictment with murder and is being prosecuted by its political subdivision, Onondaga County. The alleged crime took place on the Onondaga Indian Reservation, outside of the City of Syracuse, New York. The victim was a non-Indian.

The central issue presented is whether the State of New York or the...

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