Legal Opinion

People v. Wright

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

Decided October 3, 1991PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered April 17, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to two consecutive indeterminate terms of imprisonment of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of killing his grandfather’s former wife and her boyfriend. Seventeen months after the victims had disappeared, and thirteen months after their charred remains were exhumed and identified, defendant was arrested *474in Albany for possessing cocaine. During processing of his arrest,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  2. People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. QuinonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
  4. People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. People v. RiveraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Wright v. State of N.Y.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  2. People v. RichardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. People ex rel. Wright v. CovenyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  4. In re Mark S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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