Legal Opinion

People v. Tinkler

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

Decided April 11, 2013PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Rensselaer County (Ceresia, J), rendered July 15, 2010, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of manslaughter in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

The victim, who was the three-year-old daughter of defendant’s girlfriend, died as a result of internal bleeding from a significant tear in her mesentery allegedly caused by blunt force trauma to her abdomen. The injury occurred while the victim and her four siblings* were in defendant’s care. Defendant was eventually indicted on charges of murder in the second degree,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  3. People Ex Rel. MacCracken v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
  4. People v. BornholdtNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
  5. People v. DormNew York Court of Appeals · 2009

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. WomackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. People v. NicholasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. RamirezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. People v. ShuaibAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

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