People v. Swinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chetta, J.), rendered April 12,1983, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
*276Defendant was indicted, inter alia, for murder in the second degree as a result of his fatal shooting of Geraldine Pearsall. At trial defendant asserted a justification defense. He testified that Pearsall had attacked him with an ice pick, and she was shot during a struggle for the weapon. The jury convicted…
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