Legal Opinion
People v. Tavarez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 8, 2017No. 2013-09054PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gary, J.), rendered September 13, 2013, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
The victim, Christian Rivera, his friend, Jose Torres, and Torres’ girlfriend, Alexandra Schwoerer, were walking along Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on the evening of December 5, 2011, when Rivera was beckoned by a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
- People v. HawkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
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3Cited by3 opinions
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