Legal Opinion
People v. Torres
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 28, 1988PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aiello, J.), rendered July 1, 1986, convicting her of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing an indeterminate sentence of 20 years’ to life imprisonment.
Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the minimum term of the sentence from 20 years to 15 years; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant admitted strangling her landlord in her apartment when he came to collect the rent. She claimed that she lost control when the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. CasassaNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. StreetAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. RosadoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
3Cited by7 opinions
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