People v. Velcher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (McKay, J.), rendered September 20, 2012, convicting him of criminal sexual act in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant contends that the Supreme Court improperly denied his request for a jury charge on intoxication. Viewing the intoxication evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant (see People v Gaines, 83 NY2d 925, 926-927 [1994]; People v Farnsworth, 65 NY2d 734 [1985]), we conclude that an…
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