State Supreme Court / N.Y.

People v. Sadness

Decided November 23, 1949. Marvin Rood Dye wrote the opinion for the court.

89 N.E.2d 188 · Cited 125 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Matter of Rudd v. Hazard · 194 N.E. 764
Matter of Morhous v. N.Y. Supreme Court · 56 N.E.2d 79
Matter of Bojinoff v. People · 85 N.E.2d 909
Matter of Hogan v. Court of General Sessions · 68 N.E.2d 849
People v. Gersewitz · 61 N.E.2d 427
People Ex Rel. Wachowicz v. Martin · 57 N.E.2d 53
People v. Koch · 87 N.E.2d 417
People Ex Rel. Kondrk v. Foster · 87 N.E.2d 281

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