New York Court of Appeals, 1949

People v. Williams

People v. Williams
New York Court of Appeals · Decided January 6, 1949 · Loughran, Lewis, Conway, Desmond, Dye, Fuld
83 N.E.2d 698; 298 N.Y. 803 (North Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

People v. Williams

Opinion of the Court

Judgment of conviction affirmed. Upon this appeal there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: the defendant argued that his conviction violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States in that the sentence of death was *804 based upon information supplied by witnesses with, whom the accused had not been confronted and as to whom he had no opportunity for cross-examination or rebuttal; this court held that the sentence aforesaid did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. No opinion.

Concur: LoughraN, Ch. J., Lewis, CoNway, DesmoND, Dye and Fuld, JJ.

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