Legal Opinion
People v. Rattley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 20, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Cohen, J.), rendered January 15, 1985, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
*643Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the People failed to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt his defense of justification. Viewing the evidence adduced at the trial in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to support the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. GarafoloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- People v. ReyesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. SimmonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Davis v. StrackDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
- People v. KnightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995