Legal Opinion

People v. Vitta

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

Decided October 31, 1995PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Santagata, J.), rendered October 29, 1993, convicting him of assault in the third degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Nassau County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50 (5). *469The court properly denied the defendant’s request for a justification charge since there was no reasonable view of the evidence to support a justification defense (see, People v…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. TuckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. ReynosoNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  4. People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. People v. OliveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. FontanezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. People v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. People v. BarrowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. People v. BarrowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. People v. Hill (Jacqueline)Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2016

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