Legal Opinion

People v. Davis

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

Decided July 14, 1988PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Rensselaer County (Dwyer, Jr., J.), rendered November 18, 1986, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree.

Charged with murder in the second degree for the stabbing death of his cousin, defendant stands convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. Defendant’s principal challenge to the propriety of his conviction rests on County Court’s refusal to comply with defendant’s request to charge the jury on manslaughter in the second degree as a lesser included offense. Since it is well…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. ScarboroughNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. People v. MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. AsanNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. People v. SullivanNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. People v. TaiNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. HartmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  2. People v. SuarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. Colon v. SmithDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
  4. Jones v. SpeckardDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1993
  5. People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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