People v. Goodman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mallon, J.), rendered August 5, 1987, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, criminal use of a firearm in the first degree and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
A defendant may offer evidence of his intoxication whenever it is relevant to negative an element of the crime charged (see, Penal Law § 15.25; People v Lang, 143 AD2d 685). However, even an intoxicated person may be capable of forming the intent necessary to…
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