Legal Opinion
People v. Vanier
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 9, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Moskowitz, J.), rendered May 21, 1990, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find that the trial court did not err in refusing to charge manslaughter in the second degree as a lesser included offense of murder in the second degree since no reasonable view of the evidence supported such a charge (see, People v Glover, 57 NY2d 61; People v Green, 143 AD2d 768; People v Tisdale, 129 AD2d 749; People v Jones, 120 AD2d 747). At…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. GloverNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. GreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. VolpeNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. TisdaleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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