Legal Opinion

People v. Ortiz

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

Decided January 28, 1985PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by. defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), rendered December 8, 1981, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, the third count of the indictment charging the defendant with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, i.e., a knife, is dismissed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for a new trial on…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. La BelleNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
  2. People v. BeslanovicsNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. People v. VasquezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  4. People v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  5. People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. ParkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  2. People v. WitherspoonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  3. People v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  4. People v. LazaroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. People v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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