PEOPLE v. OAKES


168 A.D.2d 984 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William F. Oakes, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

December 21, 1990


Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and indictment dismissed.

Memorandum:

Defendant, who is mildly mentally retarded, was convicted of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]) for stabbing Edward Goulding to death in the Town of Cape Vincent sometime between 10:00 P.M. on Friday, February 24, 1984 and 9:10 A.M. the following morning. Defendant's estranged wife and their daughter had gone to...

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