Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 20, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feldman, J.), rendered July 12, 1985, convicting him of attempted murder in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
The defendant and codefendant, Fermín Flores, were tried together for shooting Police Officer Presley Mazone on April 10, 1984, at about 10:30 p.m., while he was waiting for a train on the Van…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Cruz v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- People v. ConyersNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. SmallsNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. CruzNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. CookeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. BarretoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. FloresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. FosterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000