Legal Opinion
People v. Languena
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 6, 1987PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Green-berg, J.), rendered July 12, 1985, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The evidence adduced at trial disclosed that defendant had argued with the woman with whom he had been living in the presence of her two young daughters. The defendant eventually drew a gun. He and the woman struggled for the gun, and the defendant ultimately shot her in the back, mortally wounding her. The defendant then pointed the gun at the girls…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re PadillaNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. KanelosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. BrooksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
3Cited by8 opinions
- People v. SantanaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. DupontAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. McCarthyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. MorganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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