Legal Opinion
People v. Kopera
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 5, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted, following a jury trial, of assault in the first degree (Penal Law § 120.10 [1]) and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal Law § 265.02 [1]) for stabbing her former boyfriend with a butcher knife. Defendant contends that County Court erred in its instructions pertaining to her defense of justification. Since there were no objections to the court’s charge, any alleged errors have not been preserved for our review (CPL 470.05 [2]).
We agree with defendant, however, that the court did not sufficiently instruct…
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