Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Wallace v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 28, 1979PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law, and writ dismissed. Memorandum: Petitioner was conditionally released from prison in June, 1978 after serving a sentence for unlawful possession of a weapon. On the evening of August 17, 1978 he was engaged in an altercation with a man named Dees in which at least two shotgun blasts were fired while the two men fought for possession of the weapon. Petitioner received a wound near his nose, the pellets exiting the left side of his head, and Dees received a knife or razor wound to his shoulder requiring 23 sutures. Dees ran from the scene. Petitioner…
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- People v. RodgerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
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