Legal Opinion

People v. Colon

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

Decided June 15, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Obús, J.), rendered April 7, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and burglary in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a juvenile offender, to concurrent terms of 6 years to life and 3Vs to 10 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant, who was 14 years old at the time of the murder, was properly convicted of felony murder based on the underlying crime of burglary in the first degree, a crime for which he was criminally responsible pursuant to Penal Law § 30.00 (2). The felony murder…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. CohenNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. RayNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. People v. WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. People v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  5. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

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