People v. Caruso
Court of Appeals of New York
246 N.Y. 437 (1927)
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After his young son died of diphtheria despite a doctor's treatment, Caruso (defendant), believing the doctor had mockingly laughed upon learning of the death and had given an excessive antitoxin dose, attacked the doctor, choked him, then retrieved a knife and fatally stabbed him; Caruso was convicted of first-degree murder after the jury was instructed on deliberation and premeditation, and he appealed.
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Whether deliberation and premeditation are necessary elements for a conviction of first-degree murder.