People v. Johnson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sharpe, J.), rendered January 8, 1982, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), robbery in the first degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not err in refusing to charge the defense of justification (see, Penal Law § 35.15 [2] [a]). Although the court erroneously concluded that a defense based on accident absolutely precluded the defendant’s reliance on a…
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- People v. FisherNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
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