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People v. Williams

298 N.Y. 803 Court N.Y. Decision date 1949-01-06 English

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

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Samuel T. Williams, Appellant.
Argued November 22, 1948;
decided January 6, 1949.
Edward H. Levine and Jesse P. Griggs for appellant.
John F. Finerty, Herbert M. Levy and Robert Markewich for American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curia, in support of appellant’s position.
Miles F. McDonald, District Attorney (Solomon A. Klein of counsel), for respondent.

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

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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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