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People v. Seit

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 6, 1995PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*95OPINION OF THE COURT

Simons, J.

Defendant has been convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Thomas Gonzales. Gonzales, a tenant of defendant, went to defendant’s apartment to get a receipt for past rent paid so that he could show it to the Marshal and thereby avoid eviction. Defendant refused to give Gonzales the receipt at that time and an argument ensued which resulted in defendant shooting him.

The altercation took place in front of the apartment house in which defendant lived. According to the testimony of decedent’s nephew and his friend and two neighborhood youths who witnessed…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. People v. McDanielNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. People v. . KatzNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  5. People v. McCleanNew York Court of Appeals · 1987

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. People v. BuieNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. Ronald Davis v. Wayne Strack, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility and Dennis C. Vacco, New York State Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
  3. People v. RosarioNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
  4. People v. HawesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  5. People v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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