Legal Opinion
People v. Butler
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 13, 1994PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The People appeal from an order of the Appellate Division that reversed, on the law, a judgment of Westchester County Court. Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of murder in *629the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. The Appellate Division ordered a new trial because, in its view, the trial court committed reversible error by refusing defendant’s request to instruct the jury on the lesser-included crime of manslaughter in the first degree. This holding was reasoned to be required because the trial court gave an…
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