Legal Opinion

People v. Ignacio

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

Decided March 8, 2017PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), rendered April 4, 2013, convicting him of murder in the second degree (five counts), assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree (nine counts), and arson in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant’s request for an adverse inference charge as a sanction for the People’s inability to produce remnants of a baby carriage at trial. The People demonstrated…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. CastroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. People v. FerminAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. People v. LoweryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. People v. LagoaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  5. People v. AginaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018

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