Legal Opinion
People v. Fousse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 13, 1990PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Dufiicy, J.), rendered June 1, 1984, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
This judgment of conviction emanates from an altercation between the defendant and Donovan Carty, which resulted in the latter’s death. On appeal, the defendant does not dispute the fact that he is responsible for Carty’s death, but argues that his actions were justified since he was acting in self-defense, and that the People failed to disprove the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. ReyesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. RichardsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
3Cited by6 opinions
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- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
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