Legal Opinion

People v. Perkins

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

Decided May 12, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feldman, J.), rendered October 4,1994, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that reversible error took place as a result of the prosecutor’s comments during summation, in which the prosecutor, among other things, indicated that there *442was more than one gun present at the time of the commission of the crime and that defendant’s motive for being in the victim’s apartment was to steal guns. We disagree.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. GallowayNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. AshwalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. SwitzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  4. People v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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