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PEOPLE v. CASSAS

84 N.Y.2d 718 (1995)

646 N.E.2d 449

622 N.Y.S.2d 228

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vivian Shevitz, Kenneth J. Aronson, Jane Simkin Smith and Ivy M. Ozer, Mt. Kisco, for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Jane S. Meyers and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.

SMITH, J.

The primary issue here is whether an attorney's statement, incriminating his client in the murder of his wife and constituting the principal evidence against the defendant, was properly admitted into evidence. We conclude that it was not and we reverse.

Defendant was charged and convicted of firing four bullets into the back of the head and neck of...

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