People v. Torres
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, *211Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Bernstein, J.), rendered January 7, 1994, convicting defendant, after a non-jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 7 to 21 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court’s verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. While there was evidence that defendant was intoxicated, the court properly found defendant was capable of forming the requisite intent in view of the evidence that, inter alia, defendant admitted that he shot the victim, whom he knew was unarmed,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. GonzalezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995