Legal Opinion

People v. Strong

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

Decided December 14, 1998PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Cotter, J.), rendered January 8, 1997, convicting him of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that he was prejudiced by the court’s justification charge is without merit. Although the court’s initial charge was improper because it did not relate the law of justification to the facts of the case, the court cured this error in its supplemental instructions to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  3. People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  4. People v. BrelandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. FoleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  2. People v. ConnellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  3. People v. DanielAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  4. People v. CheeseboroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. People v. FoleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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