Legal Opinion
People v. Evans
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 2011No. 51PublishedCited by 404 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
The primary issue presented on this appeal is whether defendant’s trial counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a statute of limitations defense. Based on the record before us, we conclude that he was not.
On October 3, 1993, defendant, 15 years old at the time, shot and killed a cab driver in Queens. Nearly eight years later, he was indicted on three counts of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1], [2], [3]) and one count of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20). The manslaughter count was subject to a five-year statute of…
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- People v. BoettcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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