Legal Opinion
People v. Torres
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1985PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lawrence H. Bernstein, J.
In the early morning hours of October 7,1983, Ruperto Rosado died as the result of three gunshot wounds he suffered while sitting in a chair in the living room of the apartment he shared with the defendant, Lydia Torres, his common-law wife. The defendant was arrested in connection with this fatal shooting and indicted for the crime of murder in the second degree.
The case presents the timely and novel question in New York whether to admit in evidence certain expert testimony proffered by the defendant concerning the “battered woman’s syndrome” to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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