Legal Opinion

People v. Ferguson

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

Decided March 11, 1993PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Yesawich Jr., J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Scho*810harie County (Lamont, J.), rendered November 8, 1989, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree.

As a result of the fatal shooting of a seven-year-old boy, defendant was charged with murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first and second degrees, criminally negligent homicide, assault in the first degree and two counts of criminal use of a firearm in the first degree. At trial, the defense did not dispute that defendant shot the boy, but attempted instead to prove that due to a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. MleczkoNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
  2. People v. SegalNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. LevanNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
  4. People v. BroadyNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  5. People v. PattersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. CornellArizona Supreme Court · 1994
  2. People v. WilcoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. People v. CulverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. People v. DuncanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  5. People v. ReynoldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2025

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