Legal Opinion
People v. Verez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1994PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment denied in its entirety and the count of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree reinstated.
Shortly after midnight on August 31, 1990, two police officers on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, near the intersection of West 156th Street, heard gunshots from across the street and saw Felix Sanchez and Ricardo Agostini firing *923handguns at an unarmed black male. As the officers ran toward the scene, Sanchez attempted to shoot one of them, but his pistol jammed.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. LemmonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. GarciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
- People v. DavisNew York Supreme Court · 1966
- People v. VerezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
3Cited by16 opinions
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- People v. O'BrienAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. TabbAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. WorthingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- In re Tamara E.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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