Legal Opinion
People v. Brooks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 10, 2006PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Buckley, J.), rendered June 21, 2004, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of manslaughter in the second degree and tampering with physical evidence.
Defendant stabbed the victim in the chest in a night club parking lot, then fled the scene and disposed of the knife in a storm sewer. He asserts that he stabbed the victim in self-defense because he believed that the victim had a gun. The jury acquitted defendant of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, but convicted him…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. McManusNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. GilliamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. TrocheAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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