Legal Opinion

People v. Graves

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 19, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered March 24, 1988, convicting her of murder in the second degree and reckless endangerment in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The People established through the testimony of the victim’s father that the defendant, a passenger in an automobile, encouraged the driver to engage in conduct creating a grave risk of death to the victim. When the victim’s father shouted that his daughter was underneath the car, the defendant told the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. LoveAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  3. People v. BishopAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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