Legal Opinion
People v. Washington
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 23, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rotker, J.), rendered June 17, 2004, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Where a defendant charged with a homicide relies on the justification defense, evidence of a decedent’s prior specific crim*974inal acts of violence, of which the defendant had knowledge, are admissible provided that the acts were reasonably related to the crime with which the defendant was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. ReynosoNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. SantiagoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. ForeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. HudyihAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- People v. WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- People v. WashingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008