Legal Opinion
People v. Bell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 7, 1991PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Leff, J.), rendered February 10, 1986, convicting defendant after a jury trial of two counts of murder in the second degree, two counts of robbery in the first degree, and robbery in the second degree, and sentencing defendant as a predicate felon to concurrent terms of 25 years to life, 12 Vi to 25 years, and IV2 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant and an accomplice, who testified for the People, brutally murdered and robbed a clergyman who had befriended them. On the day of the crime, defendant carried a change of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- In re PadillaNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. De La HozAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. BanksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. JenkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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