Legal Opinion
People v. Zito
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 25, 2002PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant *570from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Jonas, J.), rendered November 5, 1997, convicting him of murder in the second degree, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was convicted of stabbing to death his wife’s aunt. In its instructions to the jury on the defendant’s affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance, the trial court stated that, “[u]nlike the heavier burden placed upon the People of proof…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. ElieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. RichardsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. SandersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. BobadillaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005