Legal Opinion
The People v. Jose Maldonado
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 2014No. 135PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rivera, J.
In this appeal, we conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to support defendant’s conviction for depraved indifference murder because the circumstances of this high-speed *50vehicular police chase do not fit within the narrow category of cases wherein the facts evince a defendant’s utter disregard for human life. Accordingly, we modify the Appellate Division’s order by reducing defendant’s conviction to manslaughter in the second degree.
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Police pursued defendant Jose Maldonado through the streets of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, a mixed commercial-residential…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
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