Legal Opinion
People v. Sykes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 9, 1991PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldstein, J.), rendered August 14, 1989, convicting him of criminally negligent homicide, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We reject the defendant’s claim that the evidence was legally insufficient to disprove the defense of justification. The People’s witnesses testified that the deceased dropped his "weapon”, i.e., a rotted wooden stick, tried to move backwards, lost his balance and fell, hitting his head on a wall. The defendant then stabbed the deceased twice while…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. HeneganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. BaaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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