Legal Opinion

People v. Jones

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

Decided May 27, 1986PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lagaña, J.), rendered January 4, 1983, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

The trial court correctly denied the defendant’s request to charge the lesser included offense of manslaughter in the *748second degree, as there was no reasonable view of the evidence which would have supported a finding that the defendant committed that crime (see, People v Green, 56 NY2d 427; People v Mills, 105…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. People v. BergNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. IvisicAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  4. People v. MillsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. CollinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. People v. LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. People v. GilmoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  4. People v. VanierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  5. People v. GambrellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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