Legal Opinion

People v. Dennis

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

Decided October 28, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Clifford Scott, J.), rendered November 10, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, criminal use of a firearm in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 25 years to life, I2V2 to 25 years, 7V2 to 15 years and 3V2 to 7 years respectively, unanimously reversed, on the law, the conviction vacated, and a new trial ordered.

The jury found that defendant shot a neighborhood acquain*272tance who had found his lost wallet and kept the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. RosarioNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
  2. People v. ScottNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. People v. HarrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. People v. QuinonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. People v. QuinonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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