People v. Porteous
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, Queens County (Naro, J.), rendered May 30, 1990, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the court did not err in refusing to charge the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter in the first degree and manslaughter in the second degree. It is axiomatic that in considering a request to charge lesser-included crimes, the evidence should be…
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