Legal Opinion
People v. Lynch
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 2000PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
The main issue in this case concerns whether there was legally sufficient evidence of depraved indifference to support defendant’s conviction of first degree reckless endangerment.
The complainant, Eric Diaz, was walking with his girlfriend and her sister past a Halloween party in Queens when he was accosted by defendant and several other men. Pointing to his own eyes and to Diaz’s, defendant said, ‘You like to look with your eyes?” and then turned a beer bottle upside down as if to use it as a weapon. Although Diaz tried to retreat, defendant and the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. RegisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- People v. CulhaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by80 opinions
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