Legal Opinion

People v. Golpe

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 16, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Groh, J.), rendered January 7, 1986, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

It is well settled that where conflicting expert testimony is presented at trial, the question of sanity is for the trier of fact (see, People v Robertson, 123 AD2d 795, lv denied 69 NY2d 716; People v Amaya, 122 AD2d 888). Where, as here, there is an absence of a serious flaw in the testimony of the People’s experts, the trier of fact’s finding of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. RomanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
  2. People v. RobertsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. People v. AmayaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. EnchauteguiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  2. People v. HamiltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. RobsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  4. People v. MitchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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