Legal Opinion

People v. Pitts

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

Decided March 31, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered October 23, 1991, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 8 Vs to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

We reject defendant’s claim that the People failed to satisfactorily disprove his justification defense as we did with respect to the same contention raised on the appeal of codefendant Dejuan Wynn (People v Wynn, 198 AD2d 136). The jury’s determinations of fact and credibility, not unreasonable, will not be disturbed by this Court (People v Fonte, 159 AD2d…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. FonteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. People v. WynnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. People v. CheeseboroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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