People v. Molineux | |
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Court | New York Court of Appeals |
Full case name | The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Roland B. Molineux, Appellant |
Argued | June 17, 1901 |
Decided | October 15, 1901 |
Citation | 168 N.Y. 264 |
Holding | |
Judgment of conviction reversed and new trial ordered. | |
Court membership | |
Chief judge | Alton B. Parker |
Associate judges | John Clinton Gray, Denis O'Brien, Edward T. Bartlett, Albert Haight, Irving G. Vann, William E. Werner |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Werner, joined by Bartlett, Vann |
Concur/dissent | Parker, joined by Gray, Haight |
People v. Molineux, 168 N.Y. 264 (1901), was a landmark decision by the Court of Appeals of New York concerning the trial of a suspected murderer.[1]