Legal Opinion
Rivers v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided September 27, 1991No. Claim No. 77158PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerard M. Weisberg, J.
In the early morning hours of September 16, 1978, someone shot and killed Dutch Reid atop the stoop at 2080 Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Claimant was indicted for *333murder and illegal possession of a dangerous weapon with respect to this homicide.
The first trial ended in a mistrial when the jury was unable to agree on a verdict. Claimant’s second trial was held in November 1979 and he was found guilty of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a dangerous weapon in the second degree.
In 1981, the Appellate Division, Second…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- United States v. KeeganDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1947
- Hadley v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1946
- Sinclair v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1953
- People v. RiversAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Pough v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1992
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