Legal Opinion
People v. Latchman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 29, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aiello, J.), rendered October 25, 1995, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court’s charge on accessorial liability was not erroneous. The charge, which was, in part, taken verbatim from Penal Law § 20.00, clearly conveyed to the jury that the defendant must have possessed the mental culpability required for the crimes…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. MalloyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. NewtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. GadsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. JordanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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3Cited by4 opinions
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