Legal Opinion

People v. Fletcher

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

Decided May 24, 2011PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hanophy, J.), rendered January 3, 2007, convicting him of murder in the second degree, robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and tampering with physical evidence, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in *1266admitting an autopsy photograph of the victim into evidence. The challenged photograph was neither excessively gruesome nor introduced for the sole purpose of arousing the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. ProwseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  3. People v. AllanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. People v. GorhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. McClintonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  2. People v. ColemanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. People v. ByrdAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. HarringtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. People v. LawsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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