People v. Coates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rabin, J.
The appellant stands convicted of the felony murder (see Penal Law, § 125.25, subd 3) of an individual who won a *4substantial amount of money in a local dice game. The prosecution proceeded on the theory that the appellant and two others sought to forcibly retake their losses and that, in the course of this robbery, the luckless dice winner was mortally wounded. The alleged robbery was set forth as constituting the underlying felony. The principal issues raised on appeal are: (1) whether the trial court committed reversible error in its charge on the affirmative…
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