Legal Opinion
People v. Kin Wong
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 1, 2011PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), rendered August 15, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant did not request a charge on the defense of justification, and the court was under no obligation to deliver one sua sponte. It was clear that defense counsel was pursuing a theory that the complainant was stabbed with his own knife during a struggle over the knife, as opposed to a theory that defendant stabbed the complainant in self-defense. Regardless of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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