Legal Opinion

People v. Ali

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

Decided January 17, 1989PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cohen, J.), rendered December 9, 1987, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant was convicted for the reckless killing of his brother-in-law during an afternoon of socializing with him and three of his friends who were previously unknown to the defendant. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Priest v. HennessyNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. People v. MosesNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. People v. LicitraNew York Court of Appeals · 1979

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. ReyesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  2. People v. TallarineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. People v. AckleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. LoiseauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. People v. RosaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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