Legal Opinion

People v. Diggins

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 16, 2008PublishedCited by 34 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Read, J.

Defendant Isaac Diggins, a drug dealer, was convicted after a jury trial of attempted second-degree murder (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 125.25 [1]), first-degree assault (Penal Law § 120.10 [1]) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees (Penal Law § 265.03 [2]; § 265.02 [4] [now Penal Law § 265.03 [3]) in connection with a shooting incident on May 13, 2005. Defendant confessed to the shooting, but claimed that the revolver discharged accidentally. Supreme Court sentenced him as a persistent violent felony offender to an aggregate term of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. CableNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. People v. AikenNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. People v. DigginsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. People v. KonstantinidesNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
  2. People v. BarzeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  3. People v. HortonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  4. People v. LaCroceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. People v. HaywoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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