Legal Opinion
People v. Hawkins-Rusch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 3, 1995PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting her of criminally negligent homicide as a lesser included offense of depraved indifference murder and intentional and reckless manslaughter. Defendant contends that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to prove that she killed her 13-month-old adopted daughter; that the court erroneously admitted evidence of prior injuries to the child and failed to give a proper limiting instruction; and that the sentence of lVs to four years is harsh or excessive.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. HensonNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. WongNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. WilcoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
3Cited by6 opinions
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- People v. MazyckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. MattisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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