Legal Opinion
People v. McKenzie
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 26, 2012PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
Defendant was convicted of second degree murder upon evidence that he killed Tyffany Porter, his fiancée and paramour of some two years, by inflicting numerous knife wounds. Although he had sought to interpose the affirmative defense that his homicidal acts had been committed under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse (see Penal Law § 125.25 [1] [a]), and upon that theory to afford the jury the option of returning a verdict of manslaughter in the first degree instead of murder (see id.),…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- People v. PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. CasassaNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. ButtsNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. MoyeNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by34 opinions
- People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
- People v. NaqviAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. McKenzieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- People v. MohamudAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
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