Legal Opinion

People v. Douglas

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

Decided April 4, 2005PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*381Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Molea, J.), rendered May 11, 2000, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The evidence adduced at trial established that the defendant stabbed the unarmed decedent a total of 16 times and fractured his arm, in a dispute over a wager. According to one witness’s account, after the attack the defendant stated “[t]he guy robbed me and I stabbed him.”

The defendant’s…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. . GaimariNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. People v. GarafoloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
  4. People v. ClarkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  5. People v. ManningAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. BiancoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. People v. BrewsterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. People v. FelicianoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  4. People v. LanceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  5. People v. ReederAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022

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