People v. Thomas

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1980-06-05

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OPINION OF THE COURT Wachtler, J. The defendant was convicted of murder for stabbing and killing a woman and her two children in their Bronx apartment. The Appellate Division reversed and ordered a new trial on the ground that the court’s charge on intent violated the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sandstrom v Montana ( <a href="/opinion/110109/sandstrom-v…

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