Legal Opinion
People v. Baker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 2, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered December 9, 1981, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant argues that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that the reasonableness of the defendant’s conduct should be evaluated based upon an objective rather than a subjective standard. Having failed to object to such instruction, the defendant has not properly preserved the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. DoctorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- People v. GutierrezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- People v. RichburgAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. DurkinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. ScutariNassau County District Court · 1990
- People v. PaulinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. Cromwell (James)Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2019