Legal Opinion

People v. Purvis

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

Decided December 22, 2011PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpain, J.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, menacing in the second degree and harassment in the second degree after he allegedly waived a box cutter at a store clerk and threatened to kill him and cut his throat after an argument at a convenience store in the City of Albany. Following a jury trial at which two store clerks, defendant and a friend testified, offering conflicting accounts of the incident, defendant was convicted of the criminal possession charge but acquitted of the other charges. Sentenced to 21h to 5 years in prison as a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. RosseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  3. People v. CalifanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  5. People v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. RamirezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. People v. BurkettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. People v. TuszynskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. BurkettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. People v. Gould (Walter)Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2019

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