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People v. Russell

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 11, 1998PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Kaye.

Shortly before noon on December 17, 1992, Shamel Bur roughs engaged in a gun battle with Jermaine Russell and Khary Bekka on Centre Mall of the Red Hook Housing Project in Brooklyn. During the course of the battle, Patrick Daly, a public school principal looking for a child who had left school, was fatally wounded by a single stray nine millimeter bullet that struck him in the chest. Burroughs, Bekka and Russell— defendants on this appeal — were all charged with second degree murder (Penal Law § 125.25 [1], [2]).

Two separate juries, one for Burroughs and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. People v. RegisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. BrathwaiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. People v. AllahNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. People v. FennerNew York Court of Appeals · 1984

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3Cited by78 opinions

  1. People v. MateoNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. People v. SuarezNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. People v. PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. People v. SanchezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
  5. People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 2004

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