People v. Hayden

Judgment of the Supreme Court, *372New York County (Alfred H. Kleiman, J.), rendered April 15, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree and sentencing him, as a predicate felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years, unanimously affirmed.

The defendant stabbed the deceased, Thomas Peters, after a traffic altercation. The victim’s car had been blocking defendant’s car, and an exchange of words degenerated into physical violence as Peters smashed defendant’s car window, and while trying to pull defendant through the window,…