Legal Opinion

People v. Johnson

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

Decided August 26, 1993PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (William Wallace, III, J.), rendered October 18, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of from 20 years to life and 5 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s argument that the trial court’s supplemental charge on the defense of justification was erroneous in that it conveyed the wrong standard is not preserved for review as a matter of law (CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Hoke, 62 NY2d 1022), and we decline…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. HokeNew York Court of Appeals · 1984

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Johnson v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  2. People v. McWhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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