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- Title: People State New York v. James K. Ward
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 22, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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Ordered that the judgment is affirmed. The convictions challenged on this appeal stem from the violent death of a woman whose beaten and partially clad body was
discovered on July 8, 1990 in a parked car in the Town of Horseheads, Chemung County. An autopsy revealed multiple bruising,
extensive blunt trauma to the face and head, and vaginal lacerations. Cause of death was attributed to manual strangulation.
Upon receiving information that the victim was last seen in defendant's company, police focused their initial investigation
upon him and brought him in for questioning. After being given Miranda warnings, defendant admitted in written, signed statements
that he attempted to have sexual relations with the victim and began striking and choking her when she resisted. Based upon
this, he was arrested and subsequently indicted on two counts of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [3] [felony
murder] and Penal Law § 125.25 [2] [depraved mind murder]), sexual abuse in the first degree and attempted rape in the first
degree. Following an unsuccessful motion to suppress his inculpatory statements, the matter proceeded to trial and defendant
was convicted as charged. He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 25 years to life on the two murder convictions, 2
1/3 to 7 years on the sexual abuse charge and 5 to 15 years on the attempted rape charge. Claiming error in the denial of
his various pretrial and trial motions, defendant now appeals.