People v. Sanchez

LaSalle, J.,

concurs in part and dissents in part, and votes to affirm the judgment, with the following memorandum: I agree with my colleagues in the majority that the evidence was legally sufficient to prove the defendant’s guilt of the charges of manslaughter in the first degree, assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. I also agree with my colleagues in the majority that the County Court properly denied the defendant’s request to charge manslaughter in the second degree as a lesser-included offense of murder in the…