Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Edwards
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 25, 2003No. 1:01-cr-00501PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, JUDGMENT & ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
I. Introduction
Petitioner was charged with murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree in connection with the shooting death of Selwyn Anthony Brown on March 8, 1997. He confessed to shooting Brown, but contended at trial that the shooting was accidental and justified. Despite ample evidence in the record supporting a justification charge under New York law, the trial court refused to submit such an instruction to the jury. When given the…
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