Legal Opinion
People v. Costa
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 17, 1998PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrew Iii, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Bruhn, J.), rendered July 18, 1996, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree.
Defendant, charged with murder in the second degree, presented psychiatric evidence that he had acted under an extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the underlying killing. The jury rejected the defense and found defendant guilty of murder in the second degree for which he was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 25 years to life. Defendant now appeals.
We affirm. As to defendant’s assertion that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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