Legal Opinion
People v. Govan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 5, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered August 9, 1990, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Eyewitnesses testified that the defendant and his companion were each holding a gun, but they did not know who fired the shot that hit the victim’s jaw. The defendant argues that the jury verdict convicting him of assault in the first degree and acquitting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree was repugnant. We disagree.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. TuckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. GoodfriendNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. StittAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. RamosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. BensonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. GranstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- People v. BebeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995