Legal Opinion
People v. Powell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 30, 1992PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered August 21, 1989, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
*924Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court’s denial of the defendant’s request to charge the defense of justification was not error. Viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant, the evidence was not sufficient to support the claimed defense that the defendant reasonably believed he was in imminent danger of being subjected to deadly physical force, and that he had…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. WattsNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. PerryNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. TorreNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. AdamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
3Cited by11 opinions
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- People v. McGheeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. HarperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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