Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Goldswer v. New York

428 U.S. 908

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1976-07-06
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • submission of instructions in absence of evidence of lesser included offense invites “a compromise verdict whereby the defendant would be found guilty of an offense, which he did not commit”

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Application for stay of execution of judgment of the Court of Appeals of New York, presented to The Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied.