Legal Opinion
People v. McNamee
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rena K. Uviller, J.
Defendant, a former firefighter, was charged with the mur*188der of Dr. Peter Rizzo, who was chairman of the Medical Review Board of the city’s Fire Department Pension Fund. The defendant shot Dr. Rizzo at close range with a sawed-off shotgun moments after learning that the Medical Board had refused to upgrade defendant’s disability pension.
The defendant interposed an insanity defense. An in limine motion sought to limit the scope of a prosecution psychiatrist’s trial testimony offered to refute the defendant’s affirmative defense. The motion posed several…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. SettlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. SamuelsNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- In re of an Investigation into the Death of Jon L.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Lee v. County Ct. of Erie CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by3 opinions
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