Legal Opinion
People v. Kovacs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 16, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Weissman, J.), rendered February 3, 1997, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was convicted of the murder of his wife. Although the defendant reported his wife’s death to the police as a suicide, at trial the prosecution presented medical and forensic evidence to support its theory that the defendant pushed the victim over the second-floor railing of their home, and then doused her body with a container of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- People v. GeraciNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. RolfAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. WlasiukAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- People v. HowardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. BerigueteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- People v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999