Legal Opinion
People v. Davis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 1, 2002PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marrus, J.), rendered February 9, 2000, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly refused to charge the defense of justification. No reasonable view of the evidence established the basic elements of that defense (see People v Butts, 72 NY2d 746). Furthermore, the defendant’s claim that his counsel was ineffective because he failed to make a specific argument in support of a justification charge is without…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. ButtsNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. RhodesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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- People v. AlbrittonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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