Legal Opinion

People v. Pruitt

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 1, 1993PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lakritz, J., at trial; Eng, J., at sentencing), rendered February 21, 1991, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Shortly before midnight on April 21, 1989, the defendant *693shot and killed two men. One man was shot four times and the other was shot three times. The shootings occurred after the first victim, apparently intoxicated, tried to start a fight with…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. People v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  3. People v. FrazierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. RiellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. People v. YoungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. People v. TateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  5. People v. PruittAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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