Legal Opinion

People v. Small

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

Decided January 25, 2011PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Parker, J.), rendered September 3, 2008, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s request *787for a justification charge since no reasonable view of the evidence supported such a charge (see Penal Law § 35.15 [2] [a]; People v Umali, 10 NY3d 417, 425 [2008], cert denied 556 US —, 129 S Ct 1595 [2009]; People v Petty, 7 NY3d 277,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. People v. AlmodovarNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. People v. WattsNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. People v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. People v. PonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. People v. PettyNew York Court of Appeals · 2006

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. MasonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  2. People v. ClementeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. People v. CasseusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. Giddens v. State Of New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2023

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