People v. Etheridge
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 28, 1977, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial ordered. Under the circumstances of the instant case, in which the only substantial issue was whether the defendant had acted in self-defense (in response to an alleged assassination attempt) in firing upon the decedent and the complaining witness, we believe that the…
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