Legal Opinion
People v. Bernier
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 31, 1994PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered April 15, 1991, convicting him of criminally negligent homicide and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentencing him to consecutive indeterminate terms of two to four years imprisonment and 3 Vi to 7 years imprisonment, respectively.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was a security guard at a nightclub when the crowd outside the club became restless and began pushing as they waited to enter. The defendant retrieved a shotgun from…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. AlmodovarNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. LicitraNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. RobbinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. ElebyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. BernardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- State v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2003
- People v. DuggerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- State v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2003
- People v. CouvertierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995